Ask HN: What do you expect from 2017?

I'll start I expect technology to keep accelerating at exponential speed. I expect an increasing number of people in the west being negatively affected by digitalization more than outsourcing. I expect more manufacturing coming back but without the same amount of jobs they left with. I expect more protectionism but also more opportunities because of this. I expect self-driving cars to be legalized somewhere. I expect a larger collapse of the financial market, app market and the sharing economy. I expect politics to keep being wrongly used to solve problems it should let civil society solve. I expect bitcoin to surge. I expect a focus from startups of solving deeper problems not just build apps. I expect more legalization of drugs. I expect Unconditional Basic Income to find it's way into more serious political and economic debates. I expect the world keeps getting better and better globally as technology will help democratize progress. I expect more great lunch and dinner conversations with my friends, something I truly appreciate. I expect New York to keep introducing me to interesting new people and things, which is what makes this city so great. I expect to wake up with a hangover a couple of times. I expect to love my children even more. And last but certainly not least. I expect to be ever more amazed about my wonderful wife who I love dearly and tell all too rarely.