Of course, no one can predict for certain, how life will progress over the next five centuries. However, if we look at what experts expect will happen in the next two-to-three decades; biotech fighting disease, bodies and brains enhanced with non-biological materials, and nanotech providing a scarcity-free lifestyle; and then blend in some creative imagination, a future appears that seems almost magical.

    People – Biotech and nanotech were credited with decreasing death rates from 50 million in 2013 to 35 million by 2020, and 5 million by 2030. During the 2040s, non-biological body parts made inexpensively with nanofactories became socially acceptable; and with the added feature of transferring consciousness from damaged bodies into new ones, by 2050, humanity had recorded its last unwanted death.

    Birthrates diminished during this time also. The desire to perpetuate family lineage through children; even though our species was becoming more non-biological; didn't make sense when indefinite lifespan became commonplace. World population, slightly over 7 billion in 2013, leveled off at ten billion by 2050.

    Abundance – As automated systems began eliminating more and more human jobs and a mature molecular nanotechnology industry came to fruition, it became evident that commerce; though showering society with benefits for millenniums, would no longer be a required component for humanity's success.

    In early 2100s, nations began experimenting with stipends for the poor, which later evolved into cash transfer payments to the general populace. Then, between 2050 and 2100, improved replicators became available, providing all essentials – food, medicine, clothing, vehicles, housing, public facilities; cost-free to consumers. By 2100, Earth became commerce-free, ending all stresses and concerns over money.

    Space – Influenced by successful 21st century Moon and Mars forays, and followed by development of faster-than-light-speed hyperspace propulsion systems, humanity began a mass exodus to space. By 2100, more than a billion people were living in Moon and Mars colonies.

    By 2200, more humans lived in space than on Earth, and by 2500, only 3 billion people remained on the home planet. Some predict that one day, the last human being will depart this '3rd rock from the sun' and head for a better life in the greener pastures of the high frontier – leaving Earth population at zero.

    Energy – By 2100, scientists harnessed 100% of Earth's energy, which allowed weather control and development of warp-speed spaceships. By 2200, we accessed all of our sun's energy, spurring the development of intra-galactic travel ships. By 2300, we began mining energy from other stars in the galaxy. Scientists are now able to format and operate wormholes for communication purposes.

    By 2400, we can communicate instantly over vast distances, and send information through time. And with expected breakthroughs, experts predict we will one day send humans into the past and future.

    Aliens – First face-to-face contact with intelligent alien life occurred in 2450 at a Mars meeting with inhabitants from a planet called Reus, located 22 light years from Earth in the constellation Scorpios.

    Reus and Earth co-founded the Milky Way Federation, an inter-planetary organization created to discover intelligent life species and develop new planets for colonization. By 2500, the group has discovered more than 1,000 new intelligent species, with most of them joining the Federation. Humans possess the strongest intelligence systems and have become the group's dominant force.

    Conclusion – 21st Century technologies cured sicknesses, brought an end to aging and death, and ushered in greater-than-human intelligence. During the centuries that followed, technologies thrust civilization into what can only be described as a most incredible “magical future.”