| 1. By 2025 there will be a quantum computer that can break RSA-2048 and shortly after that any conventional encryption. Alternatives based on post-quantum cryptography will have been developed but are not in widespread use. Adoption will take years. 2. Waymo will sell self-driving cars to the general public and there will be a push to make streets safer by reducing individual transport. 3. The next economic downturn, if there is one, will be caused by quantitative easing. 4. Index funds will start affecting price discovery which will lead to a surge in strategies that exploit this. 5. Society will either learn to cope with scissor questions or polarization will eventually lead to civil war. 6. Deep learning will be used in every field in applied computer science and replace the traditional methods of this field. 7. Cryptocurrencies will be used to create censorship-resistant social media and messaging services that have strong secrecy/privacy/data-ownership guarantees. 8. Facebook, Amazon and Google will face anti trust action that might even lead to them being broken up. 9. Palantir will be the best performing stock of the decade. |