Black Swan 2025: Are We Ready for the Unimaginable?

Black Swan 2025: Are We Ready for the Unimaginable?
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If you think 2024 was chaotic, brace yourself. From AI-triggered financial crashes to geopolitical realignments, 2025 could be a year that rewrites the rules of reality.

Futurists and analysts predict “Black Swan” events in 2025 that could reshape the world. Among the scenarios are cyberattacks leveraging AI to cause global financial panic, unexpected peace deals like a U.S.-China alignment, and breakthroughs in quantum computing rendering current cybersecurity obsolete.

Climate disasters, secessionist movements, and even nuclear escalation also loom large. Meanwhile, frameworks like the Inflation Reduction Act show glimpses of bipartisan climate action. These scenarios highlight humanity’s fragility but also its resilience when facing the unpredictable.

How do we prepare for events that defy prediction while maintaining optimism about our collective future?

Read the full article on Politico.

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Dr Mark van Rijmenam

Dr Mark van Rijmenam

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