I've been thinking

Separate technologies or strands of something bigger?

Recently I constructed a top 10 list of predictions for the next 10 years - a pretty tall order for a novice like

Rodin's The Thinker

me but it was both fun and challenging to do this piece of future-gazing.  Having identified a short list of 10 trends and technologies I will now attempt to whittle that list down to just 5.

In order to do that I'm going to have to eliminate some  (which seems pretty harsh) or maybe I should try something else.

As I've ruminated on my list of trends I've noticed something very interesting.  There are so many strands of each that intersect with other trends on my list.  I guess it's hardly surprising that these technologies are not operating in isolation of each other.  That makes a lot of sense really - unless something is truly restricted and set apart from the rest of the world order, how could it not have some synergies or relationships with other trends?

Having recovered from this 'eureka' moment I feel energised to start this task of rationalisation.  What will be on my Top 5 list is yet to be decided but I feel confident that at least some of those 5 trends and technologies will contain strands from others on my original Top 10 list.

It's going to be an interesting journey.