07/01/2023
𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟎 -𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐅 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧
The author takes cues from existing & lists the big we can expect to see by the year #2030. Most of the trends are intertwined & already incipient in our lives. Nonetheless, the book is a good read & introduces some novel innovations that would change our lives
1. Changing : While worldwide birth rates are declining, Asia and Africa have a relatively lower decline rate and are likely to have a burgeoning, population vs. US & Europe which would grapple with an .
- Growing population would result in agriculture & industrial growth and proliferation of in Asia and Africa resulting in high economic activity & emergence of new, middle class
- would fill working population shortfall in US & Europe resulting in fiscal positive impact & . Immigration would help support pension funding for the aging population.
- Functionally designed products & services for the aged will grow. Conventional definition of ‘young’ & old would become obsolete as life expectancy is increasing & organizations would have teams.
2. : With focus on higher education, women would become high earners & would also take to . Since and are the key focus areas for women, consumption and investment would surge in , & sectors. However, entrepreneurship is in slow-growing traditional sectors. Also, gender inequality is likely to persist.
3. Cities and Heat islands: Cities would grapple with , freshwater shortages, and inequalities between rich and poor. Increasing would add to and sedentary lifestyles would result in health issues. Pro-environment behavior, vertical/urban farming would help reduce carbon emissions by reducing shipping times. Knowledge economy would be driven by tolerance and openness in addition to talent & technology.
4. Technological : & would redefine products/ services, replace or create jobs. would find use cases in healthcare & neuroplasticity. 3D printing would help produce on real-time basis. in apparel & building material would bring efficiency
5. Shared Economy: , , peer-to-peer accommodation, and online staffing would reduce pressure on resources and create
6. Changing : & would bring new & create decentralized, immutable, tokenized & IP protection. Banks & Bankers would be automated. would be without &
The response to is change itself. Focus on collaboration, look for opportunities, keep options open & take small incremental steps to
