I'm thinking that maybe I could share my current train of thoughts (where “c” = cause and “e” = effect) as an example. Hypothesis: There are a lot of nationali

I'm thinking that maybe I could share my current train of thoughts (where “c” = cause and “e” = effect) as an example. Hypothesis: There are a lot of nationalists movements that are starting to be more vocal and get supporters. If they start to gain momentum (c1) then the countries will fall back to seeing their interests first (e1). So it follows that they will protect first national/local businesses and then focus on international deals (c2). In this case the flow of money starts to be slower (e2). So the push for innovations and creativity will suffer a pressure at least from lack of investments (c3). And from this it might be that the advancement of the IT into automation and being integrated part of almost all of live aspects it might slow (e3). Less startups, less focus on innovation from companies, less research (c4). In this case then we will have less benefits of 21st century (e4) (free movement, vacancies, talking about happiness, learning a new programming language …) and more focus on efficiency and pragmatism. Now if this is the case than I have to think in what direction should I start preparing myself so that I get the most probable best future. I'm in IT doing a combination of development, product management with focus on teams and prototyping ideas. Is the best preparation to keep learn a new framework/programming language? Or is it getting deeper into what I already know? Should I learn more how to work in physical world? A lot of questions and the answer for them - at least for me - resides in how do I foresee the future. edit: formatting