Social-economic-political and technological topics for 2017. This snapshot of the world will provide you a chance to think ahead by looking around what's happening. Select your top 5 issues and proceed with further thinking about implications for yourself, your business, or your (part of the) world.

1. The memescape 2017+
These are technological or social-economic-political issues that will capture our attention
via frequent media exposures and in-person experiences throughout 2017 and beyond.
Each topic will give you different sense of relevance, importance, and interest. Some of
them have been around us for years. Others just have arrived or still are emerging on the
horizon. In either case, every one of them will influence your personal life and business in
diverse ways with varying degree of impact, often without your notice.
Encountering these topics in daily routines, we should ponder them upon and share
thoughts such as possible consequences to be better prepared for the challenges or
opportunities ahead. We all know that the future will be unfolding sometimes with familiar
face, other times in odd ways. As a new year’s mind exercise, looking around and
thinking ahead will lead you hopefully some fresh ideas to act on. Have fun!
AI: Artificial Intelligence, AR: Augmented Reality, EV: Electric Vehicle, MCN: Multi Channel Network,
MIY: Make It Yourself, TOR: The Onion Router, UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, VPA: Virtual Personal Assistant,
VR: Virtual Reality, XaaS: Everything as a Service, YOLO: You Only Live Once
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AI
Blockchain
Chatbot/VPA
Deep Learning
EV (other than Tesla)
Foldable/Flexible
Full Genome Sequencing
Hyperloop
IoT (body, home, factory, city)
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Lifelogging in 3D/360
Mars/Moon
Neural Interface
On Off Blurring
Platforms
Qubits (Quantum Computing)
Robotics
Self-Driving Car
TOR
UAV (Drone)
VR/AR
Wireless Charging
XaaS
You-casting (or MCN)
Zero Day (Cyber-security)
3DP (3D Printing)
Automation and Job Loss
Brexit
Conservative Swing (with a populism twist)
Digital Immortality/Mortality
Earthquake and Natural Disasters
Fake Truths
Glass Ceiling (Thicker, even Visible)
Hacktivism
IS-ish Terrorism
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Kickstarting
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Makers (MIY)
No more 'New', New Normal
Open vs Close (Globalization at stake)
Pandemic Risk
Quantified Selves
Renewable Energy (Solar)
Sharing Economy (or Middleman Economy)
Trumpian U.S (and the world at a crossroad)
Universal Basic Income
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Well-dying
Vinyl
YOLO
Generation Z
4IR (4th Industrial Revolution)
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