up:: [[Futures Thinking]] tags:: #on/future #on/drivers_and_signals # Example Future Drivers Moving from "dumb" clothes to "smart" clothes, and then from "smart" clothes to "smarter-than-us" clothes. Increased intensity of storms, fires, and floods due to climate change. Falling fertility rates worldwide. End of cash and rise of digital currency. Rise of Emojis and visual communication. Underpopulation in Western and East Asian nations will create the possibility of steady-state economies that aim for stable population and consumption. A hegemonic shift from an American-centric world to an Asian-centric century. Major disruptions in the global food industry from cellular agriculture, and the end of animal-based food supply chain. Shift from coal and oil based energy generation to solar, wind, and other renewables.