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1. Electric cars become the norm. All cars are fully autonomous on highways. A driverless highway transport service will go mainstream in some states. (Californ
by screye 7y ago
1. Electric cars become the norm. All cars are fully autonomous on highways. A driverless highway transport service will go mainstream in some states. (California)
2. China will undergo a major recession, as manufacturing moves to Africa and US maintains its trade war with China across Govts.
3. The best performing stock will be a meat substitute company
4. VR will take off big time. Concerns about VR porn being too realistic will be raised in serious circles.
5. Intel will continue its downfall, and a new Chinese SOC company will rise to prominence
6. Water desalination will become a major industry
7. Towards the end of the decade, Nuclear power will begin picking up again
8. Canadian economy will start flourishing with improvement in weather, massive skilled immigration and the establishment of new Arctic ports. Also, Toronto/Montreal will become the Silicon valley of Canada, as skilled immigrants move to the Canada knowing they will never get greencards in the US.
9. Messi will move to the MLS at 36, and usher in an era of Soccer to the US, slowly eating into college football's popularity.
10. Cargo pants will become popular again.
- mdgrech23 7y agoYou had me till cargo pants...
- screye 7y agoY'never know.
- louhike 7y agoI don't see electric cars becoming the norm on the roads, but definitely for new cars, yes. It will take some time though to replace the majority of existing cars working with fuel.
- sam537 7y agoI agree with the last part about 9. But I think Messi will move back to Argentina. He is too much of a family man.
- screye 7y agoPart of it is wishful thinking. But, how wild would that be ?
- alekratz 7y ago> Electric cars become the norm. All cars are fully autonomous on highways. I don't believe this (not to pick on you specifically). A lot of people forget about the rest of the USA, in towns with a population of <20k people. I hadn't seen a Tesla on the road in my town until this year. I have never seen a self-driving car. We didn't have a consistent stream of Uber drivers until maybe last year. I think that your prediction is certainly applicable to major urban centers. But for the rest of the USA, it will probably be longer than a decade before that stuff starts becoming the norm.
- sequoia 7y ago> Also, Toronto/Montreal will become the Silicon valley of Canada, as skilled immigrants move to the Canada knowing they will never get greencards in the US. As a (US citizen) programmer living in Toronto, I have seen this first hand: people moving from the bay, or moving directly to Canada because of a) the US having enormous lines for green cards and b) Canada aggressively courting skilled workers (you can get an invitation to apply for permanent residency online, before even coming to Canada[0]). In particular, you see many people coming from places experiencing political unrest (I'm no exception), especially Brazil in the last couple years. I would question whether Montreal should be included in this hypothetical "canadian silicon valley," only because of Quebec's cultural protectionism, which borders on hostility to outsiders[1]. That said, rent is astronomically higher in Toronto and Montreal has massive cultural capital as a sort of old-world city in North America, so I could be wrong! In any event Canada is definitely coming up (though to see it as "rivaling" the US would be misguided). 0: https://movnorth.com/process/ https://movnorth.com/process/ 1: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/quebec-begins-controversial-values-test-for-newcomers-1.5400110 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/quebec-begins-controver... I'm not saying this exact measure is necessarily "hostile" but stuff like this definitely contributes to the perception that newcomers may not be as welcome in Quebec.
- anthony_barker 7y agoMaybe Montreal for french and spanish speakers
- JKCalhoun 7y ago> and US maintains its trade war with China across Govts. Bzzzt! This prediction won't even make it until November of this year. Trade war will wrap up just in time for elections... Magic! > VR will take off big time. Is this a prediction from 1999?
- screye 7y ago> Is this a prediction from 1999? The VR prediction is the one I believe most strongly. I am absolutely confident VR will take off big time. It is a shame Valve is a private company and Oculus is a fraction of FB's stock portfolio (doesn't help that it is already overvalued at 2 billion). I would have invested in Valve eyes closed. Hope a competent new VR studio or VR only public company shows up. I want to invest. ______________ The way I see it, technical advances in 2D gaming have maxxed out. The only way to out do your competitor on graphics will be to move to VR, AR or legitimate gesture controls. The way I see it any of these picking up will inadvertently lead to the others gaining popularity too.
- MattSayar 7y agoI'm going to agree with this. After playing with an Oculus Quest this holiday, I'm confident it's taking off. Pretending to be Neo in SuperHot, Beat Saber being the new Guitar Hero, the lack of cables... VR is here. And with the 2.0+ versions it's only going to get clearer, more powerful, and even more fun.
- klntsky 7y ago> Concerns about VR porn being too realistic will be raised in serious circles. Too realistic? Probably quite the opposite?
- screye 7y agoOof. Yeah, that is going to be a weird one.
- SomaticPirate 7y ago10 is by far the most implausible. Cargo pants will continue to be awful. But pocket-less pants will take off
- choicenotchance 7y agoI disagree with #4. I rather think that VR will die out. It hasn't been that impressive honestly and it's not finding any good applications other than shitty VR porn and shitty VR games.