I'm going to make a few predictions for the future and record them here for all time. Someday we can look back and see whether I was a raving idiot or prescient.
1) In 2021 commodity prices are going to double, you'll notice that mostly in food. You may find certain grains become unavailable at any price.
2) every nation will have either have rolled, out or be testing in parts of their country, a cryptocurrency. In democratic nations this will probably be parallel to the banking system and offered through the banks. In less democratic societies they will just be rolled out and told to use them.
3) all cities of the world will experience a massive increase in rodents, in America the Republicans will blame the Democrats. It will simply be because of the current solar minimum we are in.
4) internal passports will become commonplace, they will probably be hidden in a phone app and linked to your vaccination status.
5) If you travel outside your assigned area you may find that your cut off from your finances.
6) pet owners will face shaming in the media because of increasing food shortages. In democratic countries there will be ad campaigns and finger waving in less democratic countries they may tell you to eat your pets.
7) by the end of the decade private property ownership will be completely out of the reach for most normal people. In Democratic countries people will give up the right to own property to be relieved from their debt. In less Democratic countries they'll just take the property and kick you out.
8) by the end of the decade you will not be able to buy a new internal combustion vehicle, if you're not rich enough to buy a new electric vehicle forget about personal driving at all.
9) by the mid decade everybody will have some kind of carbon tax imposed, it may come from a foreign body like the IMF and be linked to your cryptocurrency.
10) by 2040 elected leaders will be a dim memory, people will believe that they vote by personal uplink and get instant results. In truth none of their votes are going to count anyway
11) fertility rates will drop off to lows never seen before in our modern era
12) most people will abandon traditional insemination and childbirth by mid-century.
13) by 2040 everybody will have health care, but only the wealthy will get the 3D printed organ transplants
Well that's enough for now, check back in 10 years
J
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