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1. EU becomes the global super power. Western balkan states (Albania, Serbia) join the EU. Turkey does not join the EU. Poland becomes a powerhouse and Warsaw q
by lteqgt 7y ago
1. EU becomes the global super power. Western balkan states (Albania, Serbia) join the EU. Turkey does not join the EU. Poland becomes a powerhouse and Warsaw quite a global city that attracts global talent and pays super high salaries. The EU becomes the #1 destination for international students. Spain becomes a powerhouse too.
2. Some cities in Latin America and Africa experience quite a major boom that is the result of good trade relations with the EU.
3. Spanish starts replacing English as the global lingua franca.
4. Most tech unicorns are outside the US and some of them do not even care about the US market.
5. The major Canadian cities (Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto) become undesirable, nobody wants to live there and Toronto in 2020 is a crime ridden city with lots of precarious labour. Canada, in general, experiences quite a decline and is no longer considered a civilized country.
6. Privacy regulation: by the end of the decade, most software developers will have to have some sort of certification in GDPR, PCI etc. in order to be employable.
7. CQRS / ES is the software architecture winner. Statically typed FP languages win. Explainable machine learning models win. Software becomes less clunky. Users demand minimalistic UIs. On-premise threatens the cloud again and huge projects to move companies off the cloud.
8. No recession. Huge shortages of labour (plumbers, electricians, nurses, doctors etc. ). But the US grows much slower than the rest of the globe.
9. Tech solutions (e.g., capturing CO2 from air) and political will pauses global warming to a large extent.
10. The collapse of US style dating culture and online dating sites such as Tinder. The way to meet people becomes “through friends”.
11. Middle class becomes stronger and the rich stagnate. Globally and not in the US. 32 hour work week is norm if you work for a good company. 36 hour work week is norm in most civilized countries.