22CE

22nd century mining

plastic mining off the coast of Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian ocean island beaches for plastiglomerate
plastic microparticle trawling in the North Atlantic, Great Pacific, South Pacific and Indian Ocean garbage patches
asteroid mining for nickel, iron and platinum
fracking — still
coltan mining on Mars (thanks, Elon)
coltan mining in still-deporable conditions on Earth (thanks, everyone)

22nd century farming

fish farming in China and the Indian Ocean
beef tissue farming in the US
cricket farming in the US and Asia
wine grapes in Britain, Northern Europe and across the American west (“Chateau Yellowstone”)
soybeans take over Brazil
corn corn corn in the US
rice in the Southeastern US

22nd century tech

everyone in the world has a “phone”
not everyone has an actual cell phone or phone number
not everyone has a screen on their “phone”
(OK some people in the world still can’t afford a “phone”)
robots, robots everywhere
major smarts (AI) in SF/LA, Boston, Beijing
medical tech is HUGE
“the internet” is diffuse and omnipresent to the point of invisibility
“the grid” is crumbling in the US and Europe, and a “mesh” of power and connectivity is expanding in Asia, India, Africa and South America

22nd century living