Alex did a thread like this for last year. I claimed about 50% success (which surprised the hell out of me), so I'll have another go. I'm going to try to make these as specific as possible. Bear in mind that these aren't things I necessarily want to happen, but things I think might happen.
1. Politics (US): A major US political figure will suffer a health crisis necessitating his retirement from public life. It won't be Trump (sorry) - the smart money's on Bernie Sanders.
2. Politics (world): A major war will break out in sub-Saharan Africa, extending into 2019. Guessing Chad and the CAR.
3. Economics: Bitcoin will crash and be largely forgotten about. This will be primarily caused by the compromising of the blockchain.
4. Technology: Electric bicycles will see a MASSIVE resurgence as a mode of urban travel. Consequently, public transport will take a sizable hit.
5. Medical: At least one of the current experimental cancer therapies will become standard by year's end. Best bet - t cell antigen discrimination.
6. Film: Lady Gaga will receive either a BAFTA or an Academy Award nomination (she won't win).
7. Music: The best-selling album of the year will be the soundtrack to a Pixar film.
8. Environment: The Great Barrier Reef will be officially declared 'dead'. No one will care very much.
9. History: An undiscovered Shakespeare play will take the world by storm. It will eventually be discovered to be a fake.
10. Woo: A major newspaper chain will announce that it is no longer going to publish daily horoscopes. Despite the outcry from insane people, other papers will quickly follow suit.
Boru
1. Politics (US): A major US political figure will suffer a health crisis necessitating his retirement from public life. It won't be Trump (sorry) - the smart money's on Bernie Sanders.
2. Politics (world): A major war will break out in sub-Saharan Africa, extending into 2019. Guessing Chad and the CAR.
3. Economics: Bitcoin will crash and be largely forgotten about. This will be primarily caused by the compromising of the blockchain.
4. Technology: Electric bicycles will see a MASSIVE resurgence as a mode of urban travel. Consequently, public transport will take a sizable hit.
5. Medical: At least one of the current experimental cancer therapies will become standard by year's end. Best bet - t cell antigen discrimination.
6. Film: Lady Gaga will receive either a BAFTA or an Academy Award nomination (she won't win).
7. Music: The best-selling album of the year will be the soundtrack to a Pixar film.
8. Environment: The Great Barrier Reef will be officially declared 'dead'. No one will care very much.
9. History: An undiscovered Shakespeare play will take the world by storm. It will eventually be discovered to be a fake.
10. Woo: A major newspaper chain will announce that it is no longer going to publish daily horoscopes. Despite the outcry from insane people, other papers will quickly follow suit.
Boru
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