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Over 100,000 views of this post, based on Futurist keynotes around the world. Read FREE SAMPLE of The Truth about Almost Everything. Our future will be shaped by hundreds of trends which are changing relatively slowly and predictably despite frenetic media hype and sudden disruptive events. Here are ten of the most significant. Fall in technology and connectivity costs. Universal access to global web. 1 billion children alive today. 85% of humanity living in emerging markets in 10 years. Huge growth in life expectancy in many nations. Huge growth in multinational mergers and global trade. Increased automation in cars, homes, factories and offices. Tribalism feeding radicalism and terrorism. Search for purpose, meaning and spirituality, coupled with worries about sustainability.
But watch out also for disruptive Wildcards - I warned in the same book that Number 1 on my Wildcard list was risk of "viral plaque, cases spreading rapidly in every continent" - written several years before COVID. Another of my listed Wildcards was a major "miscalculation by a powerful nation leading to sustained regional conflict".
I also warned about these and many other likely evens in my keynotes to multinationals in many nations.
* "How AI Will Change your life - A Futurist's Guide to a Super-Smart World" - Patrick Dixon's latest book on AI is published in September 2024 by Profile Books. It contains 38 chapters on the impact of AI across different industries, government and our wider world.
Read more: 10 trends that will really DOMINATE our future - all predictable, changing slowly with huge future impact - based on book The Future of Almost Everything by world-renowned Futurist keynote speaker. Over 100,000 views of this post. Discover your future!