2025 predictions
Beyond the above five reasons, there’s also the possibility of new technologies and media that drive enormous opportunity — voice and audio-based social networks; opportunities on top of newly ubiquitous platforms such as Zoom*; artificial intelligence with models such as GPT-3; mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies; CRISPR, mRN... See more
Nikhil Basu Trivedi • Consumer Technology Is Alive and Well
In the coming years, we will see more and more people publicly embody contradictions, and that will make it hard to categorize them in the algorithm of our minds. We will be forced to find beauty in the weirdness we’ve tried to optimize away. Merriam-Webster named authentic Word of the Year in 2023, but on the eve of 2025, it turns out we’ve been i... See more
The Only Prediction That Matters to Me as a Brand Strategist in 2025
As every big company floods the zone of our attention with increasingly enticing marketing and cheaper and more personalized versions of everything, we — as consumers — will crave more scarce and authentically human experiences, often provided by a small business run by passionate people. In response, more artisanal-like and privately-owned busines... See more