> 1. Urbanization I'm more and more convinced we will see a reversal here. My guess is this: society as a whole will eventually reject the idea that they shou

> 1. Urbanization I'm more and more convinced we will see a reversal here. My guess is this: society as a whole will eventually reject the idea that they should be burdened with a massive expensive infrastructure just to have people sit in offices in centralized locations, staring at screens and doing the same job they could do from their homes. Or that shops need to be in centralized locations. Roads, railways, brick and mortar shops will all be gone and replaced with rural settlements in natural surroundings and virtual "travel" (VR) for the most part, air travel (drones, helicopters, flying cars) for the cases when absolutely necessary (transport of goods). It will probably be a gradual, but accelerating process as the bits fall into place. So no, I don't believe urbanization is a good bet, not even in the medium term at least not in developed countries. Goods and services that support the above scenario on the other hand ...