1. Often, we fear simplicity. Letting go of material objects and living life to just live life. Have the bare necessities. Is it really as hard as we make it out to be or could I actually just forget it all and move to a small village in Estonia and be content? 

2. The world is shifting to personalization, and AI is the fuel on the fire. All of a sudden, a “1-on-1” experience is replicable at scale. The major consumer applications of AI will lean heavily into sophisticated recommendations that anticipate your wants and desires before you even know them. We’ll need to figure out how to live with AI and leverage it to amplify human abilities. For industries, will AI be a net job creator or a net job destroyer? How do we retrain workers who are displaced by AI?

3. What would I notice in the world if I got off my phone on my commute to/from work?

4. Avoiding trends is akin to ignoring the zeitgeist – not that fun, very hard, and requires total isolation. Consumerism and its trend cycles are at the crux of culture and thusly unavoidable for the normal person. However, how can trend forecasting be a way for us to pre-process what we will inevitably become influenced by so we can make smarter decisions as consumers?