Fika about trends of today and how they will affect us in the future

FIRST OF ALL: Change your RSVP if you are not coming...but preferably just come :), they have good coffee

This event is on Södermalm.
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Random thoughts for discussion, subject to change, please feel free to bring your own subject that you want to discuss.

* 20 years ago, governments and established media companies was the sole distributor of what's happening in the world and suitable opinions. Now, individuals can have millions of followers.
Still there is

* In "Internet age", we searched for existing media (images, music, movies). We get things recommended to us,
that is similar to what we just consumed.

* In an "AI age", will we generate our own content or will this be a tool for creative people, in the
same way internet and app stores facilitated creative individuals to create and distribute apps, media content, news, opinions, their truths.

Another aspect:
From selecting food, to generating food (3D-printing, cultivating meat)
From order things online, we order blue print and 3D-print spare parts

* Will electrification and reshoring lead to new world order?
Except for fossil free energy, what are the implications?
Less dependence on some countries, more dependence others?
China has about 60% of all green metal resources, and most of the refinement capabilities.

What would happen if they just refused to distribute?
- Is reshoring a of no confidence because of supply chain interuptions or a way to stops Chinas upcoming domination/strategic advantage?

* Chat-GPT, MidJourney, will it just take all our jobs?

* What jobs will there be in the future. What jobs will not exist?

* What if there are no jobs left to do? Will everybody be happy an live in peace?

* Falling banks, sticky inflation

Next pandemic?
- What would that look like?
- What have we learned from this one?
- Theory about Covid created in a lab, from conspiracy theory to plausible...or is this a part of an information war

What are the new trends and how will it affect our future in 2, 5 or 20 years from now. There are no wrong answers.
More information to come, but don't hesitate to bring a subject that you want to discuss.
* Russia's on-going invasion of Ukraine. Will is shrink or spread?
* What can be the next steps. In what ways can it develop?

* New found interest of the moon and space. Is this a fight for resources, colonization or a strategic advantage in next conflict?

What are the new trends and how will it affect our future in 2, 5 or 20 years from now. There are no wrong answers.

More information to come, but don't hesitate to bring a subject that you want to discuss.