[blrboy]

1. Level 4/5 autonomous trucks everywhere. Speed-regulated, will probably have special lanes in freeways to pacify people. Cars will take some more time. 2. Global carbon emissions not reduced, we're all essentially screwed wrt global warming 3. About 50% of the US population is vegan or predominantly vegan 4. Google loses a lot of its sheen, becomes the equivalent of IBM in terms of glory (like air7's prediction) 5. Privacy becomes a major concern in China - young population growing up wants more rights, major anti-censoring/privacy industry