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by longstaff2009 2357 days ago
I wrote a post with my predictions here https://medium.com/swlh/9-predictions-for-2020-2029-555312fc...

TLDR 1. Federated Learning will unlock value from previously inaccessible sensitive data.

2. Deepfakes will impact democracy and bring about a need for publisher certified content.

3. Nationalism will rise around the world, the internet will splinter.

4. eSports will take a huge chunk of attention and advertising dollars from sports.

5. Blockchain will get adoption in enterprise. Mainstream adoption will struggle until there is a key custody solutions that everyone can use.

6. Self driving cars will open up new business models. Regulations will be the main barrier to adoption.

7. Welfare systems will get strained.

8. Digital currencies and negative interest rates will open pandoras box.

9. Search will get reimagined.

I also enjoyed these posts

https://avc.com/2020/01/what-will-happen-in-the-2020s/

https://continuations.com/post/189997132065/an-agenda-for-th...

https://alexdanco.com/2019/12/17/ten-predictions-for-the-202...

1 comments

5. what applications do you envisage that 100% of enterprises couldn't already solve far more easily with a database?
providing end to end provenance of live exports in cross border supply chains involving China.
so you want a blockchain instead of database because of a lack of trust between who and who? if 2 parties can't you just run 2 databases? and if there is a trust issue don't you have bigger problems anyway as somebody still needs to sign off (attach their reputation to an assertion) that item X came from place Y etc - but if you can't trust the database what makes you think you trust the person ?