1) European countries become increasingly poor and economically irrelevant relative to the United States and Asia. EU breaks up.
2) Climate change is surpassed by ground water depletion as the most important problem, ecologically. Not that the former gets any better...
3) No world wars, but many violent internal movements.
4) Most governments triple down on surveillance. Nothing useful comes of it but practical consequences turn out to be pretty rare.
5) Disney starts making high budget live or Lion King style CGI adaptations of anime
6) Social mobility grinds to a halt and more and more people are employed in increasingly personal attentive service jobs
7) Liberal coastal states push for a modified governing system which allocates more power to states that generate wealth
1) European countries become increasingly poor and economically irrelevant relative to the United States and Asia. EU breaks up.
2) Climate change is surpassed by ground water depletion as the most important problem, ecologically. Not that the former gets any better...
3) No world wars, but many violent internal movements.
4) Most governments triple down on surveillance. Nothing useful comes of it but practical consequences turn out to be pretty rare.
5) Disney starts making high budget live or Lion King style CGI adaptations of anime
6) Social mobility grinds to a halt and more and more people are employed in increasingly personal attentive service jobs
7) Liberal coastal states push for a modified governing system which allocates more power to states that generate wealth