* VR will never become mainstream, but will get an addicting online killer app that will pull in "hardcore" gamers (like WoW was in the 2000's) * Multiple comp

* VR will never become mainstream, but will get an addicting online killer app that will pull in "hardcore" gamers (like WoW was in the 2000's) * Multiple companies will publish consumer AR headsets at around the price of a high end cellphone. None of them will have mainstream success and only be purchased by earlier adopters until Apple releases a headset around the early-middle of the decade. This catches on moderately as an iPad like success, becoming an extra gadget for affluent households, but doesn't come close to displacing phones. * Ads are going to become more and more embedded into things that we do. Product placement in movies, social media, and TV will replace traditional ads. * We will see the shuttering of Cable news stations much like we saw newspapers in the previous decade, especially geared towards the child / teen demographics. We will see more of that content move to streaming sites. * Self driving cars still won't be massively deployed on our roads. * Uber / Lyft will have major restructuring (maybe go bankrupt) after they still can't find a way to make a profit. Prices will hike and consumers will stop using the services shocking an unprepared public transport system. * Some major Katrina level natural disaster on the West Coast (possibly megaquake or super fire). * More states will pass GDPR like regulation, slowing down the pace of social media giants. * We will start to see an influx of technology innovation from Chinese tech companies and this will create fear of mass surveillance for the masses. * There will be a data breach from Facebook or Google leading to a government investigation. * They AI fad will trickle into non tech circles. Multiple companies will use bullshit AI systems that claim to be good at qualitative tasks like determining employee's performance reviews. * Still no signs of general AI * CRISPER treatments start going through clinical trials and we find cures for a few major genetic diseases.