Thoughts on the future
It wasn’t manufacturing that the world abdicated to China. It wasn’t international security that the world abdicated to America. And it wasn’t thinking that the world abdicated to Artificial Intelligence. What was abdicated was futurology. For some people, especially thinkers from an older generation the future which once looked full of hope now looks bleak. Two people I know — both world shapers in their day — now sometimes talk about longing for death to embrace them. So what does the future hold? Years ago I remember predicting the bursting of the dot com bubble and the change to what we now call Internet 2.0. There are things in the future that feel like being on the tip of my tongue but difficult to express. Nevertheless, I will try… War Though the dealmaker longs to be known as the peacemaker and win a Nobel prize, I think the near future holds war. I expect to see at least one tactical nuclear weapon used within the next five years, possibly within 6 months. There w...