- Covid still a thing, but much greater geographic divergence of vaxed and non-vaxed areas, leading to political and economic turmoil in those areas "left behind" and most impacted (more fun from Trump counties). Folks find that WFH in rural areas isn't all that great when everyone's sick and your kids' school is always closed

- Because of push-back on supply chain and other issues, Biden and Harris are massively unpopular for 2022, which causes a greater split among Dems (similar to Howard Dean in 2002, who broke with CW to become popular). Perhaps it's a young populist Dem who doesn't talk about "woke" stuff but squarely focuses on the unrest caused by bad cops, bad protestors (including on the right), and bad econ policy

- It's been predicted since forever, but a major revolution about Jan 6 and Trump, which the press won't care about

- Meta as the new 5G; whole lot of hype but too bulky to be useful

- Unionizing begins to impact professional sector, as employers want employees back in the office as the labor market tightens

- As disenchanted people are sick of online conspiracies, a reformist Social Contract-like movement takes hold