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by haversine02 2050 days ago
My prediction: pairing AI with high-resolution satellite data will allow us to find untapped reserves of high-quality timber in the Amazon basin, enriching the local populace and the wise investors who get in to this metatrend on time.

But seriously, this list reads like an eerily accurate vision of the corporate hellscape that is to come. I can't tell if the author is genuinely naive to the effects of near-perfect surveillance and profiling in the hands of governments and megacorps, or if it's just dressed up in pleasantries because there's money to be made there.