2. Ownership of data, end-to-end encryption
3. Collaborative wiki news, copyleft drug research
4. The rapid emergence of a third party in the USA that is neither left nor right, but much bigger than Libertarian party
5. Decentralized solar power generation, Decentralized mobile mesh network communication, Nuclear Fusion, Decentralizing government functions
The best way to predict the future is to invent it ;-)
But also:
6. Drones filling the sky and terrorism scares
7. Self driving cars and terrorism scares
8. Insect and bird populations plummeting and many species going extinct
9. Water shortages, droughts, desertification and food shortages as humans cut back on meat, abolition of factory farms
10. The steady emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is averted with phage therapy and other approaches as antibiotics see a slow decline
11. The resurgence of liberal democratic politicians, who nevertheless will have tough border policies because of the increasing influx of refugees
12. The rise of NATO-style forces against China and a new cold war
13. Introduction of UBI funded by Pigovian taxes on Cabon and Plastic pollution, destruction of ecosystems, etc.
14. First biosphere colony on Mars lasts for a while but is a tragic failure
15. Solar storm wipes out power grid, helping build a decentralized power grid
2. Ownership of data, end-to-end encryption
3. Collaborative wiki news, copyleft drug research
4. The rapid emergence of a third party in the USA that is neither left nor right, but much bigger than Libertarian party
5. Decentralized solar power generation, Decentralized mobile mesh network communication, Nuclear Fusion, Decentralizing government functions
The best way to predict the future is to invent it ;-)
But also:
6. Drones filling the sky and terrorism scares
7. Self driving cars and terrorism scares
8. Insect and bird populations plummeting and many species going extinct
9. Water shortages, droughts, desertification and food shortages as humans cut back on meat, abolition of factory farms
10. The steady emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is averted with phage therapy and other approaches as antibiotics see a slow decline
11. The resurgence of liberal democratic politicians, who nevertheless will have tough border policies because of the increasing influx of refugees
12. The rise of NATO-style forces against China and a new cold war
13. Introduction of UBI funded by Pigovian taxes on Cabon and Plastic pollution, destruction of ecosystems, etc.
14. First biosphere colony on Mars lasts for a while but is a tragic failure
15. Solar storm wipes out power grid, helping build a decentralized power grid