Any sufficiently advanced technology...

January 2022

...is indistinguishable from magic. — Arthur C. Clarke

It's no Hogwarts, but we're pretty much sorcerers already, according to Clarke's Third Law.


Telepathy

Existing: internet, social media.

Near future: Neuralink and similar BCIs.

Telekinesis

Alexa, open the blinds.

Cooler: Remote surgery and Esper Bionics.

Alternate dimensions

MMOs, VR, AR, Metaverse.

Mind control

[Weaponized] social media.

Transmutation

Metamaterials, atomic engineering.

Levitation

Drones, jetpacks, flying taxis.

And, following Clarke's first and second laws, the following will eventually be reached as well:

Teleportation

Warp drive, wormholes.

Shapeshifting

Radical genetic engineering.