Predictions often tell you more about the predictor than the predicted. There's a fine line between making prognostications and drawing up a wish list… And I'm going to cross it.
No, I can't tell you what's going to happen in the 2020s. But, really, neither can anyone else. No offense to the wise soothsayer in the rest of this issue. They may even be on the money. However, the future always contains a large measure of “unknown unknowns.” Our brilliant savants are drawing up wish lists too, even if they're doing so unconsciously and with a lot more knowledge and expertise than I have. Me, I'm going to come right out and admit that all I can do is hope for flying ponies and candy-flavored rainbows…
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