To predict the near future with greater accuracy you must relinquish the idea of a fair game. Social justice is a process by which the majority seeks to make equal the strength of opposing forces – its own and that of the minority – all the while recognizing that the world has been and will remain imperfect and corrupt. When you follow this method, the reality of the next ten years becomes clear and familiar, if still unsettling.
Most of what we know today will continue to exist, at once more intense and more distributed. Complexity, from legal to personal affairs, will not diminish, and the Earth will not stand still. Big change will happen first in small and often invisible technical details, and then in widespread and controversial public debates. Freeloaders will continue to impose upon another’s generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or the responsibility involved.
The key to a successful prediction, also known as cold reading, is to rely on what you already know. Then you just need to learn how to frame the unexpected.