Economic/Political/Geological:

- US reelects Trump in 2020. Climbing gyms, lately increasing in popularity also become popular in Mexico.

- global warming causes endangerment and extinction of many species, but traditional oriental medicines extinct the rhinos.

- China, due for a recession now, does not go into a recession despite the real estate/housing bubble because Xi and his government continue to find more ways to manipulate their economy. Consequently, the Shen Yun poster factory expands into money printing.

- Avian migratory patterns shift significantly due to global warming, except flightless birds which begin deevolution into dinosaurs.

- Boomer retirement causes US GDP growth decline. Zoomers are to blame for being unproductive.

- The education bubble bursts. Millenials degree now worth nothing.

Tech:

- Deep fakes used to create fake statements by Donald Trump. Trump denies fabricated statements, and proceeds to create his own.

- Boston Dynamic robots find gainful employment and enter the workforce, but not doing something people can already do because human labor is too cheap.

- Bitcoin never takes off, but the price climbs erratically whilst its most significant contribution to the world: crypto mining greenhouse gases, double.

- 5g is implemented by all major telecommunication companies promising new technological capabilities, but its primary use remains dopamine injections and advertisement.

- wasm causes a mass migration of desktop preferred applications to the web. Despite the existence of wasm, Reddit gets slower and buggier.

- Javascript continues domination of the web. Hipster developers now prefer declarative programming over functional. React Declarations now lets you write directly in HTML.

- Uber introduces Uber Flight - innovating both flying cars and driverless cars. Uber still not profitable.

- Adam Neuman starts a shared-restroom company in New York. Masayoshi Son can't get enough of We Sh*t.

- First VR(or AR) based esports that requires physical movements enter mainstream gaming. Pro gamers in korea now indistinguishable from kpop.

- VR hand controllers continue to evolve making current designs look like the N64 controller.

- VR/AR finds commercial use outside of the gaming industry, but VR gaming still leads the market with Cubicle Simulator.

- AI used heavily in cgi, computer graphics, and animation industries. Animators now work for more hours and less pay.

- Online dating becomes even easier, swiping becomes too 2010's. Loneliness increases even further.

- Elon gets first man on mars, Elon bores tunnels and builds a base on mars. Elon builds solar panels to power base on mars. Elon establishes neuralink to mars. Elon is in endgame now.

Medical:

- Zoomers suffer from unprecedented myopia epidemic, root cause discovered - heavy screen use to blame. Fix of more natural daylight is never taken nor implemented. Luxotica remains in control of the eyewear industry.

- Despite all medical and technological advancements, eating your vegetables, exercise, fresh air, natural daylight, and contact with friends remains the best way to stay healthy.

Cultural:

- Basketball rules change due to the prevalence of 3 pointers.

- Disney remakes a remake. Disney also remakes Pocahontas using cgi, which is just Avatar with native americans.

- New form of rapping created even more incomprehensible than mumble rap.