Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions?
Here are mine:<p>1. Still no level 4/5 autonomous cars anywhere in sight. The promise of being "just around the corner" fizzles down and people just forget the hype.<p>2. Same with AI. The panacea hype dies down. No AGI at all. No major job losses due to AI automation.<p>3. Facebook (the SN) still exists but ages along with it's current user base. i.e it's the "old people's" SN. Facebook (the company) is still going strong, with either Instagram or one of it's acquisitions being the current "hip" SN.<p>4. Google still dominates search and email but losses value and "glory" compared to today.<p>5. Majority of people still don't care about privacy.<p>6. But a small yet growing culture of "offliners" becomes mainstream. Being offline is the new "Yoga" and allows bragging rights.<p>7. Increase in adoption of non-scientific beliefs such as astrology/anti-vaxx/religion/flat-earth as a counterbalance to the increased complexity of everyday life.<p>8. Web development matures and a "standard" stack is accepted, all in JS.<p>9. Global carbon emissions are not reduced, mostly because of lack of initiative by China and 3rd world countries.<p>10. Still no hoverboards.