1. Tensions rise and the west and the east continue to grow further apart.
2. More hacking scandals come to light and they are used as cover to restrict privacy and empower the intelligence community.
3. The world will continue to do close to nothing about the environment.
4. More steps are taken to protect children online from piracy, porn and controversial opinions.
5. A major critical vulnerability will be exposed in Tor.
6. Magic Leap will turn out to be a massive.. leap forward in technology.
7. Consumer VR will take the world by storm.
8. All the new encrypted email alternatives will fail.
9. eSports will continue to grow and the League of Legends Worlds final will have over 20 million concurrent viewers.
10. An application of AI will blow everyone away.
Pessimist! Carbon emissions are way down; VR has been about to take the world for a decade