centurial calendar

a lifetime of tasteful anticipation

Centurial calendar is placing your life in a greater context and looking forward to exciting, but distant events which are likely to happen within one's lifetime.

Eligible events should be placeable within at least a year with relatively high certainty. Hypotheticals are not allowed.

Nov 22, 2023
Predicting the future of technology with SoundCloud as an example.
A bet with Vincent Garrigues where I chose a conservative opinion that in four years (2023) most serious musicians will continue to use desktop for music production rather than mobile phones. The bet was worded to specifically address whether the amount of mobile uploads will beat the amount of desktop uploads on SoundCloud by November of 2023, with me betting on "No". The bet is important as an example of our usually poor ability to imagine and predict how technology will shape the future.

The bet was won by Louigi. Although by this time none of us worked at SoundCloud, it was clear based on indirect data that the capabilities of even top mobile DAWs in 2023 were nowhere near their desktop counterparts.

2027 (was initially planned in 2026)
The launch of the Dragonfly mission to Titan.
Dragonfly is a planned spacecraft and mission that will send a mobile robotic rotorcraft lander to Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, in order to study prebiotic chemistry and extraterrestrial habitability at various locations. The year 2027 is the planned year of launch.
Sources:
• Dragonfly on Wikipedia
• Official website of the mission

2032
Transit of Mercury.
Transits of Mercury occur in May or November. The last four transits occurred on November 11, 2019. The next will occur on November 13, 2032. A typical transit lasts several hours.
Sources:
• Transit of Mercury

Remind Hanna and Greg to watch a special time travel movie.
By this time their daughter will be 12 and they believe they will have more time :D

2034
Dragonfly reaches Titan.

2061
Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.
Last time Halley's Comet visited us in 1986, when I was 4 years old. The next predicted perihelion of Halley's Comet is 28 July 2061. By this time I will be 79.
Sources:
• Halley's Comet on Wikipedia