84Futures is not prophecy. It’s hindsight, delivered early.

Here, we document what already happened—at least, that’s how it feels when you're living in the wake of the unimaginable. From quantum corporate coups to AI-led governments, synthetic citizens, and orbital collapse, we report not as forecasters but as archivists of tomorrow’s turning points.

Every essay is a dispatch from the near future, crafted as retrospective journalism. These aren’t predictions; they’re post-mortems on revolutions that redefined the fabric of culture, commerce, identity, and power. Think of it as an obituary for the status quo.

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