culture predictions for 2020 | Future timeline
Read cultural predictions for 2020, a year that will see cultural changes and events transform the world as we know it—we explore many of these changes below.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
culture forecasts for 2020
- Movie release schedule for 2020: Click the link 1
- Video game release schedule for 2020: Click the links 1
- 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Tokyo, Japan. 1
- Japan completes exaflop supercomputer using ARM processors. 1
- India completes a massive optical fiber network that connects 600 million rural citizens to the Internet. 1
- China completes its reform of its military, shrinking it by 300,000 soldiers and modernizing how it operates overall. 1
- The PS5 debuts. 1
Forecast
In 2020, a number of culture breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
- China launches its plan to rank all its citizens on their "social credit" system by the end of this year. Likelihood: 70% 1
- Canada's largest province, Ontario, to make one credit of online courses mandatory for all high school students in a push to accelerate future e-learning initiatives. Likelihood: 90% 1
- The number of Canadian households paying for at least one streaming video service will eclipse traditional TV subscribers. Likelihood: 90% 1
- Canadians with criminal records will have their cannabis-related convictions pardoned between 2020 and 2023. Likelihood: 80% 1
- One million new immigrants will have settled in Canada since 2018. Likelihood: 80% 1
- Canadian now spend more screen time on mobile phones than watching TV. Likelihood: 80% 1
- Canada's largest province, Ontario, to ban cellphones in classrooms. Likelihood: 100% 1
- Movie release schedule for 2020: Click the link 1
- Video game release schedule for 2020: Click the links 1,
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- India completes a massive optical fiber network that connects 600 million rural citizens to the Internet. 1
- Japan completes exaflop supercomputer using ARM processors. 1
- China completes its reform of its military, shrinking it by 300,000 soldiers and modernizing how it operates overall. 1
- The PS5 debuts. 1
- World population forecasted to reach 7,758,156,000 1
- Largest age cohort for the Brazilian population is 15-24 and 35-39 1
- Largest age cohort for the Mexican population is 20-24 1
- Largest age cohort for the Middle East population is 20-24 1
- Largest age cohort for the African population is 0-4 1
- Largest age cohort for the European population is 35-39 1
- Largest age cohort for the Indian population is 0-9 and 15-19 1
- Largest age cohort for the Chinese population is 30-34 1
- Largest age cohort for the United States population is 25-29 1
Prediction
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2020 include:
- Predicting crimes before they happen: Future of policing P4
- Militarize or disarm? Reforming the police for the 21st century: Future of policing P1
- Infrastructure 3.0, rebuilding tomorrow’s megacities: Future of Cities P6
- The trends pushing our education system towards radical change: Future of education P1
- Population growth vs. control: Future of human population P4
- Jobs that will survive automation: Future of Work P3
- Surviving your future workplace: Future of Work P1
- Geopolitics of the unhinged web: Future of the Internet P9
- Mobile internet reaches the poorest billion: Future of the Internet P1
- Rise of the electric car: Future of Energy P3
- United States vs. Mexico: Geopolitics of Climate Change
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