
CONVERGENCE
2030
A Strategic Roadmap for the Next 5 Years of Human History
A Message from Deven Spear
"If you feel like the world is updating faster than you can download the patch, you're not crazy—you're finally seeing the code."
We're crossing a historical threshold where two massive forces are colliding: a Technological Singularity and an Economic Singularity. AI agents, robotics, blockchains, synthetic biology, and new financial rails aren't just "emerging tech" anymore—they're rewiring how we work, trade, govern, and even define what it means to be human.
As a kid, I was obsessed with Star Trek—Gene Roddenberry's wild bet that humanity could grow beyond scarcity, fear, and petty conflict. Star Trek is one of the reasons I became a futurist. It taught me that the future isn't something that just happens to us; it's something we architect.
Now, for the first time, we're watching pieces of that Star Trek reality materialize in real time: conversational computers, universal translators, replicator-style manufacturing, planetary networks of intelligence. The gap between sci‑fi and product roadmap is collapsing.
I started Convergence 2030 because most leaders and citizens still underestimate the speed and violence of this shift. We're moving from the age of tools to the age of agents and autonomous systems—and the decisions we make between now and 2030 will determine who thrives, who gets automated, and what kind of civilization we become.
For years I've tracked these waves through my work in AI, blockchain, robotics, and my Disruption Weekly research. This project is my attempt to give you a clear, grounded briefing on what's coming—and how to position yourself on the right side of the curve.
Working with a network of futurists, founders, Silicon Valley insiders, and global economic analysts, I've synthesized one highly probable scenario for the world between now and 2030. Don't read this to be afraid. Read it to be awake, aligned, and prepared to build the kind of future Star Trek promised—on purpose, not by accident.
THE DRIVERS (2025-2027)
We Are Building a New Species of Intelligence
The Intelligence Explosion
AGI by 2027 based on 'Orders of Magnitude' math. (Source: Leopold Aschenbrenner).
Project Stargate
The $100 Billion supercomputer being built by Microsoft/OpenAI.
The Energy Wall
Why data centers will consume more power than the steel industry, driving a nuclear renaissance.
THE IMPACT
The End of Labor as We Know It
The Death of the Junior
Why entry-level white-collar jobs are vanishing first.
The 'AI Shepherd'
The new career path—managing swarms of agents rather than doing the work.
Universal Basic Compute
The proposed economic solution to replace wages with owned compute assets.
A DAY IN THE LIFE
Scroll horizontally to witness the evolution
THE SILENT FREEZE
Anxiety and Friction
- Junior hiring freezes
- GPT-5 automates slide decks
- AI News feeds curate reality
- AI Tutors replace humans
THE PHYSICAL BREACH
The screen barrier breaks
- You are now an 'AI Shepherd'
- Smart Glasses replace phones
- Robots deliver packages
- AI scans detect disease instantly
THE ENERGY PIVOT
Power is the new gold
- Stargate supercomputer online
- Splinternet blocks China
- Machines trade with machines
- Banking automated by agents
BIOLOGICAL RENAISSANCE
Immortality vs. Obsolescence
- Daily longevity cocktails
- Biological age reversal
- Gig work verifying humanity
- eVTOLs replace Uber Black
THE NEW OPERATING SYSTEM
Radical Abundance
- Cost of living collapses
- Work is optional
- Sovereign Personal AI earns for you
- Society bifurcates
BIOLOGY & TRUTH
Living Longer in a Fractured Reality
Longevity Escape Velocity
Science adding >1 year of life for every year lived by 2030. The beginning of the end of aging.
Epistemic Fragmentation
The end of "Shared Truth" as AI customizes your reality bubble. We will live in different worlds.
SCENARIOS: CHOOSE YOUR FUTURE
Three possible paths forward
The Gentle Singularity
30%Abundance, Fusion, Health. (Sam Altman's view)
The Turbulent Displacement
50%Inequality, Unrest, Digital Feudalism. (Emad Mostaque's warning)
The Stalled Engine
20%Stagnation, Tech Bubble Burst. (Gary Marcus's view)