The Future

Some bets/predictions for the future.

AI

Gap between rich & poor ↑
- Growing unrest, push for charity, socialism ↑
- USA can lose its reserve currency status (WW3?)
Unique human skills and specific knowledge stand out. <1% get disproportionately rewarded.

Authenticity beats AI replicability
- Creators rise multi-fold in value as:
  - Free time ↑, people consume more content
  - Marketing for consumer products becomes founder or social media creator driven
  - High investment follows in creators and creator economy ancillaries
We see a social media creator in the 500 richest people
AI enables unlimited content produced based on user's personal tastes and feedback loops, hacks attention, dopamine — large portions of population addicted. (Big opportunity?)

Fertility rates ↓, DINK is the new sexy
Richer countries (USA, China, Europe) see fertility drop faster than poorer countries (Change of power?)
Millennials become the first tech-enabled aging population
- Elder care, old age retreats, communities ↑
- Tech products for elderly ↑
- Big opportunity for serving this section who is tech-enabled, and has a lot of money for which they have little use for

Genetic modifications in food becomes common
- Cosmetic surgeries, body modifications become common
- AR/VR gains popularity first, then eye implants, brain-computer interfaces change how we view "screens" (mobiles, laptops etc)

Both a forced and much required change
- Solar dominates, before nuclear takes over (infinite energy?)

Loses out in value, some 5–10 crypto capture the entire market, rest everything dies a slow death
Blockchain stays important, value ↑
Crypto enables rails for shift in USA reserve currency?