# Futuristic Documentary Series 'Year Million' is a National Geographic Series Exploring the Future By Joey Haar | Published 2017-05-23 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/year-million References: [arstechnica](https://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2017/05/get-your-weekly-dose-of-futurism-with-national-geographics-year-million/) & [channel.nationalgeographic](http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/year-million/) It's tough to predict the future in a few weeks, let alone along a time frame of years, but National Geographic's new series entitled 'Year Million' is looking farther into [the coming decades](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/frompast) that even the most ambitious futurists. As its name suggests, the show explores what might develop for humanity in a million years. Of course, such a drastically distant auger can hardly be accurate -- and even it if were, no one currently alive would be around to validate it. Nonetheless, Year Million is more interested in using one million years as a sort of [thought experiment](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/remembering-the-future) to not only imagine the [types of technologies that might develop](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/skingpts-aging-model), but also to consider what it is that humanity values (and would thus endeavor to improve over time.) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.7/10 - Popularity: 40% | Activity: 63% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Media](https://www.trendhunter.com/media) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Futuristic Technologies:** Opportunity to explore and imagine the potential advancements in technology that could exist in the future. - **Humanity's Values:** Chance to reflect on and consider the values that society might prioritize and strive to improve over time. - **Long-term Predictions:** Exploring the challenges and possibilities of making predictions and projections for a time frame as vast as one million years. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Entertainment:** Creating immersive and thought-provoking content that captures the imagination of viewers and challenges conventional thinking. - **Futurism:** Engaging in speculative thinking and forecasting to anticipate possible scenarios and developments in human society. - **Documentary Film:** Utilizing visual storytelling to educate and entertain audiences by exploring a wide range of subject matters, including future possibilities. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Scientific Time Narratives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/deeptime-science-explorer.md) - [AI-Themed Sci-Fi Thrillers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/junge.md) - [Sustainably Built Public Attractions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/museum-of-exploration.md) - [Future Tech Blogs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/next-horizon.md) - [Interactive AI Reality Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rival-peak.md) - [Gory Anime Trailer Launches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/terminator-zero.md) - [Immersive Virtual Television Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/future-of-tv.md) - [Time-Traveling Internet Searches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/search-a-year.md) - [Immersive Nature Documentaries](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecosphere-1.md)