- The retail apocalypse continues, with half the current retail workforce displaced and most storefronts in the country vacant. No one in SV notices. - Climate

- The retail apocalypse continues, with half the current retail workforce displaced and most storefronts in the country vacant. No one in SV notices. - Climate change continues to accelerate. No meaningful consensus is reached on a policy response. Climate induced migration leads to regional warfare - There are 30 countries with nuclear weapons. 5 of them are borderline failed-states. - The EU splinters. The most stable remaining countries try to form a new agreement - Income and wealth disparities widen - Donald Trump is re-elected - A major hot war erupts in the middle east - Apple still hasn't introduced an important follow-up to the iPhone. It now costs $1500 (plus $200 per month for data in the US). Apple has $2 trillion in cash - Amazon passes Google in the advertising space, leveraging all they know about the world's consumer purchases - Everyone is under surveillance constantly as commerce companies secretly agree to share all data with law enforcement in return for removing all remaining privacy laws. - Agriculture doubles-down on pesticide use to meet growing food demand, causing severe long-term ecological damage.