The document contains predictions for several technological advancements and geopolitical changes that may occur between 2017 and 2040. These include China establishing the largest megacity in the world by 2017, electric and hybrid trucks reaching annual sales of 100,000 by 2027, a new treatment for prostate cancer being developed, and newspapers becoming obsolete first in Australia by 2022 and then in other parts of the world over the following decades. The predictions also reference international debt levels, flexible paper-thin electronic devices, spacecraft carrying experiments beyond Earth's orbit, and the M1A3 remaining popular as a battle tank over the coming decades.