41 Big Ideas that will change our world in 2023

The age of the tech CEO hero will come to an end

1.

We’ll learn to hang out at work, without the office

2.

We’ll witness the first ransomware war

3.

We'll be wearing mushrooms and seaweed

4.

Taxis will take to the skies, for the wealthy

5.

More nations will give animals, trees and rivers the rights of people

6.

Cities will turn themselves into "urban reserves" to limit mass tourism

7.

Hybrid work will be here to stay

8.

Social media users will turn their back on the algorithm

9.

We will extract carbon dioxide from the air by just doing what we’re doing

10.

Mental health check ups will become the new annual physical

11.

The U.S. will become a nation of renters and landlords 

12.

The side hustle will reign supreme 

13.

Luxury firms will court the VIC (very important customer) 

14.

The school-to-work path will be turned on its head

15.

The healthcare worker shortage will grow, and we’ll turn to tech for help

16.

Companies will hold onto workers, downturn or no

17.

In-person and online retail will tie the knot

18.

Cities will feed themselves

19.

The metaverse revolution will go professional

20.

Philanthropists will demand less – and trust more

21.

AI will gain multiple "senses"

22.

We’ll see the formation of the next wave of game-changing startups

23.

Our old clothes will become big business

24.

The working class will head for higher ground

25.

Crypto, facing a trust crisis, will confront its biggest hurdle: widespread adoption

26.

Our finances will become boring (and that’s a good thing)

27.

Money will rush into women's sports

28.

Cities will turn to new – and very old – tech to beat the heat

29.

VCs will stop hunting unicorns and start searching for work horses

30.

Neanderthals and other ancient human relatives will change how we think about medicine

31.

We’ll turn to the sea to power our electronics

32.

Menopause will become big business

33.

The labor movement will surge, and employers will fight back 

34.

Companies will say farewell to expansive, sprawling headquarters

35.

We’ll think twice about traveling anyway

36.

Nations will sidestep U.S.-China tensions and go their own way

37.

We’ll focus on when — just as much as where — we work

38.

Lab-based meat will hit more plates

39.

A global recession is likely — but it won't last long

40.

Schools will go big on tutoring to make up for pandemic losses

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