The rest of the stampeding world will not wait until certainty appears. Anything that can help make a decision in the midst of uncertainty will be valuable. One such tool is scenario planning. A growing number of corporate executives are using scenario planning to make big, hard decisions more effectively. The world fragments into a working pandemonium of individuals, organized by jobs rather than geography.
Communication is pervasive and focuses on personal empowerment.
The Net becomes the chief exchange medium for decentralized work, personal gratification, and global commerce. Physical infrastructure in North America stagnates, while personal spaces thrive. Art and attention are turned inward, as personal expression flourishes in new media and old public spaces crumble. Technology is the global culture. Ethnic or group differences give way to a homogenized patchwork of unbridled individual variety.