# Did Black Mirror: San Junipero (2016) come true?

Partly. Black Mirror: San Junipero (2016) has a P(n) of 64% on Nearfi's P(n) Board, our estimate of the chance its future arrives within 20 years. Of its 4 tracked predictions, 1 have arrived and 2 are arriving. Its central premise, 'A person's mind can be scanned and run in a simulated world indefinitely, as a continuation of that person', is still far off. The next prediction is estimated to arrive around 2032.

Source: https://nearfi.co/predictions/black-mirror-san-junipero

## Predictions

- **FAR** (weight 5/5): A person's mind can be scanned and run in a simulated world indefinitely, as a continuation of that person. Estimated 2100 (range 2070–2150).
- **ARRIVED** (weight 4/5): Medically assisted dying is lawful, with formal consent rules, including cases where someone else must authorise it for a person who cannot speak. Arrived 1997.
- **ARRIVING** (weight 3/5): Older and dying people are given immersive virtual visits to the past as a form of comfort or therapy. Estimated 2032 (range 2028–2045).
- **ARRIVING** (weight 3/5): A company hosts the dead on its own servers as a paid service, and customers depend on it staying in business. Estimated 2032 (range 2028–2045).