Implications for a future where suffering is all but eliminated?

I don't think you've given those implications enough thought. Consider for a moment what it would be like living in an environment in which it is virtually impossible for you to be physically injured in an accident. Think about the level of control that would require, and the level of predictability. And the sorts of things that would have to be excluded.

I suspect you'd be demanding to be let out within an hour, and your sanity would begin to collapse within a week.