Comment by roymurdock
8 years ago
What's the trigger event for the global recession you are predicting? You have listed some "worrying" factors - but there is no clear interconnection between them or trigger for any one to cause a global recession. Finding and predicting the trigger is the hard part IMO, as well as how governments will respond (more bailouts and QE?).
Can you point to a source for your prediction of a robotic cop killing someone by 2023?
Agree with Facebook "political party" instead of Zuckerberg running a campaign - not sure how this differs much from the traditional way corporations influence politics through donations, contributions, advertising, etc.
Your prediction of driverless cars doesn't mesh well with Rodney Brooks' prediction of driverless car saturation in 2045, he predicts we will have one dedicated lane for hands-free driving by 2021 and limited taxi/bus services by 2028. What is your basis for more aggressive forecast?
Recessions are inevitable and they do not need a trigger. Are oceans triggered to create their waves?
Is that question meant to be a joke? Ocean waves most definitely have external triggers.
The most common one is wind, but changes in atmospheric pressure can cause them, as can a sudden change in the sea floor due to an earthquake or volcano (this is what causes tsunamis). The rotation of the earth and the gravitational pull of the moon can cause waves when it moves water confined spaces - this kind of wave is usually called a tidal bore.
Is there some kind of ocean wave I'm unaware of that can spontaneously occur without some external force/trigger?