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1. Pension bomb — as you see, is about to go off in Europe. US is a bit safer in that regard as a younger country, and less generous expectations for pension in general. China... yep, lights off on that. 2. Ubiquitous mobile/wireless internet integrated into even very trivial consumer goods — just about to happen

3. A younger/more populist group of politicians will assume power in China. — Well, and even older, and more populist group of politicians have claimed power in China, and no, no bubble burst yet

4. Google will experience change in management. From there, it will be downhill for them (at least for the rest of the decade). — spot on

5. Chinese-American co-dependency crumbles like a bitter divorce — a bitter marriage doesn't simply crumble suddenly one day, it takes a life on its own and keeps biting you for years on: see Brexit

6. Brexit — no comments needed

7. mobile devices is going to make the PC redundant for most people — somewhat true

8. PMC's will become much more prevalent and popular — true, but not American ones

9. IE6 will hang around for a few years, but may die very rapidly in workplaces when some killer enterprise web application stops supporting it. It will remain widespread in East Asia — it is 2020, and IE6 is still there in China...

10. Mobile phones won't replace computers, but increasing penetration amongst the poorest in developing countries, and increasingly capable handsets in developed countries (and developing countries) will make them a colossal juggernaut. Many of the really big changes, especially social changes, will be caused by mobiles — spot on

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