10 Predictions for Next Century

MIT Economist Daron Acemoğlu in a paper dated April 2012 lays out a number of predictions for the world that his grandchildren (and mine) will inherit. Unfortunately the original text is behind a paywall, but Business Insider kindly lays out the gist of the scholarly work in terms that this poor lay mind can understand, with some pretty cool images.

A condensed list, with some of my own thoughts (in blue), follows:
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