housing
17 gates affect this dimension · earliest meaningful change:
2028
LME copper cash settlement sustains at or above each of $12,000 / $15,000 / $20,000 / $25,000 per tonne (≥1 quarter average)
conf: medium
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2026
P50 2028
P90 2031
Mass-market general-purpose humanoid robot reaches < $20,000 retail in an OECD market
conf: medium
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2026
P50 2029
P90 2034
Robotaxi reaches profitable unit economics in 5+ US cities
conf: high
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2027
P50 2029
P90 2033
Henry Hub natural gas annual-average spot crosses each of $4 / $5 / $7 / $10 per MMBtu
conf: medium
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2028
P50 2031
P90 2038
EV/robot BOM drops 30% via Li + REE supply diversification
conf: medium
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2028
P50 2031
P90 2037
Autonomous trucking + last-mile delivery cuts labor share of freight cost by ≥ 30%
conf: medium
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2030
P50 2032
P90 2039
Residential solar+storage < $0.04/kWh delivered
conf: medium
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2030
P50 2033
P90 2040
Humanoid robots build a factory that manufactures more humanoid robots
conf: low
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2031
P50 2034
P90 2042
Autonomous robot crew drop-deployed on empty land produces positive ROI in 24 months
conf: low
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2030
P50 2035
P90 2045
Humanoid robots reach 10 million units sold to households globally (cumulative)
conf: medium
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2032
P50 2035
P90 2043
Cell-cultured beef at retail price parity with conventional ground beef
conf: low
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2032
P50 2036
P90 2046
Construction-automation cuts new-home labor cost by ≥40%
conf: low
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2032
P50 2037
P90 2045
Cucumber retail price drops by 80% from 2026 baseline
conf: low
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2033
P50 2042
P90 → 2053
FDA or equivalent authority approves a drug (or therapy) that halts or reverses biological aging in humans
conf: low
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2037
P50 2048
P90 → 2072
Real global GDP crosses 1.5× / 2× / 3× / 6× of 2026 baseline (sustained ≥1 year)
conf: low
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2036
P50 2049
P90 → 2080
Company owns territory and governs it: a baby born there carries a company passport
conf: low
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2045
P50 → 2070
P90 → 2120
Mars settlement reaches 10,000 simultaneous inhabitants
conf: low
2027
2030
2033
2036
2040
2045
2050
P10 2055
P50 → 2075
P90 → 2150