May

Megatrends

Lots of sites and blogs have at some point listed the megatrends they believe in.

Climate crisis.

It seems to me that it is actually going to happen. And there will be many consequences. Drought - some megacities are already experiencing lack of water. Starvation - crops are failing. These are just two of many, many negative consequences.

Migration.

As huge masses of people experience the implications of the climate crisis they will flee and seek safety. Europe will be invaded. USA will be invaded. The welfare state will break down.

Demographic shifts.

Europe - even Scandinavia have low birht rates. Of the 20 countries with the highest birth rates - 19 were African. And this is on a continent with more than one billion people. India already has more than a billion. Life expectency increases. The population is getting older. The proportion of single houshoulds increases.

Growing inequality.

Piketty…. The Precariat.

Machine Learning

Will make many jobs redundant. Bit by bit. Slowly but steadily. In the supermarkets, at the tax office, in transportaion, WIP