What will our world be like in 2035? - Read what the participants at the Delphi Forum answered

What will our world be like in 2035? Worse than today, according to the majority of the responses of those invited to respond (speakers and attendees) at the 10th Delphi Economic Forum, in the survey "The World in 2035" conducted by the Forum itself, in collaboration with the research company aboutpeople, and with the support of Deep Capital Group.

Here are the main conclusions of the survey:

● 42.1% of respondents believe that we will live in a worse world, compared to 28.9% who estimate that the world will be better, while a significant percentage (24.1%) believe that things will remain approximately as they are today.

● Only 14.7% of respondents estimate that the quality of democracy will improve in 2035, while the majority (61.7%) predict a deterioration.

● Regarding social inequalities, 55.6% of respondents believe that they will get worse, while only 15.8% estimate that the situation will improve. Accordingly, the gap between developed and developing countries is considered likely to widen (42.9%) rather than decrease (31.2%).

● Life expectancy is expected to increase, according to 74.8% of participants, as is the use of new technologies for the public interest (77.8%).

● Regarding the risk of a new world war, 35% consider this scenario to be quite or very likely; however, it remains a minority compared to the 61.6% who consider a new world war to be an unlikely or almost unlikely possibility.

● Regarding forms of governance, in 2035, the majority (62.8%) estimate that the political situation will remain relatively unchanged, with regimes remaining as they are. Only 18.8% consider that democracy will be dominant, while 16.2% predict the rise of authoritarian regimes.

● 33.5% believe that the EU will have weakened by 2035, while 32.3% estimate that it will have strengthened its position. 30.5% predict stagnation and only 2.6% believe that there will be a complete dissolution.

● The picture of global power in the next decade appears to be changing, with 51.5% seeing a multipolar world. China emerges as the dominant future superpower for 23.3%, while the US follows with 18.8%.

● The vast majority (89.1%) believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a greater impact on daily life in the next 10 years, confirming its explosive growth and integration in various sectors, from healthcare to data management and services. This is followed by biotechnology and genetic engineering with 46.6% and robotic technologies with 26.7%.

● Regarding the future of work, 38% believe that people will work fewer hours in 2035, possibly due to automation and increased productivity through technology. However, 42.5% believe that working hours will remain about the same as today, while 18.8% estimate that they will work longer hours.

● 64.7% believe that businesses in 2035 will operate with a hybrid model where humans and robots will work together. 29.7% believe that businesses will remain largely as they are today, while only 3.0% predict that businesses will be fully automated with minimal human intervention.

● Regarding business models, 36.1% believe that digital and decentralized businesses will prevail, followed by subscription business models (18%) and circular economy and sustainable businesses (17.3%). 15.8% believe that new models will not prevail and that traditional business models will remain dominant.

● The majority of respondents believe that in the future it will be difficult to live in some parts of Europe due to extreme weather conditions, with 53.8% answering “yes”. In contrast, 39.8% believe that this will not happen, indicating a smaller but significant sense of optimism about the future.

● 94% of respondents believe that significant progress will be made in medicine and treatments for diseases such as cancer and diabetes will be developed.

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