Comment by MattyRad

- Ukraine-Russia war is protracted throughout the the year. Russia is increasingly unable to sustain the war by any metric, economic or otherwise. Russia and Post Soviet States enter a period of political instability, Putin disappears and is presumed assassinated.

- Google releases a public chat AI that serves ads.

- Chat AI is adopted aggressively into customer service UX. Customer service continues to decline in quality.

- Universities are increasingly seen as bad investments. Enrollment sees a sharper drop.