The phrase "altered the future of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing significant changes or impacts that have long-term effects on a particular field, industry, or aspect of life.
Example: "The invention of the internet altered the future of communication and information sharing."
Alternatives: "changed the course of" or "transformed the destiny of".
The New York Times just meaningfully altered the future of China.
The show was "Wide World of Sports," and Mr. Scherick altered the future of both the program and television when he hired Mr. Arledge, eventually television's most influential sports executive, to become its lead producer.
Twenty years after the Loma Prieta Earthquake annihilated Downtown Santa Cruz, locals gathered to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the quake, which significantly altered the future of the coastal town and others in the Bay Area.
Ruppert bought Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox after the 1919 season and altered the futures of both franchises.
Under the right social and political conditions these images can alter the future of the things in the picture.
The direction China and the United States take — and that India contemplates — can alter the future of the world game.
Collapse rates were so much lower in the share systems, they concluded, that they saw "the potential for greatly altering the future of global fisheries".
He could not stomach the maudlin limbo of doubt"; "What would happen in the next few minutes would alter the future of exploration, Africa, and the world"; "The call to adventure is genetic in a handful of men and women"; Stanley's travels took him to "the entrance to Africa's beating heart".
As the free-agency period begins Wednesday, the condition of Yao, who is seeking multiple medical opinions and considering several treatment options, could drastically alter the future of the Rockets, who were on the cusp as perennial challengers from the Western Conference.
