‘What’s a ticking time bomb you believe will explode during your lifetime?’ – 17 disasters people are waiting to happen
10.
‘A MAJOR cyber attack on critical infrastructure that will not get turned around quickly, leading to a mass panic incident.’
-Apprehensive_Ask1157
11.
‘housing market or a financial strike’
-Yoursadfriendtoday
12.
‘The decline of third spaces and social isolation.
‘Bars and pubs have been on the decline due to less alcohol consumption (generally a good thing, but still). Malls and movie theatres are experiencing a decline in foot traffic due to online shopping and streaming. Even Starbucks and other coffee shops are floundering. At this rate, the day will come fairly soon when the only reason anyone leaves home is to work or to the grocery store (assuming delivery and online orders don’t fully take over here as well). And that’ll be a sad day.’
-OneDegreeKelvin
13.
‘Crashing of the healthcare system’
-cheaganvegan
14.
‘Social media and smartphones rotting the brains of at least 2 entire generations so far… I have to think there will be some dire consequences, some of which are already being experienced. And yes, I know Reddit is social media–I get the irony of posting this here.’
-TallKnee9
15.
‘Streaming networks. Eventually people will get tired of paying for so many different subscriptions, and of the constant price increase of said subscriptions, and the whole thing will crumble. Not sure what it’ll be replaced with, but it’s gotta pop soon’
-Rosemary-Sea-Salt
16.
‘Environmental collapse caused by loss of species habitats, pollinators, and biodiversity. Since 1970, vertebrate animal populations globally have already dropped by 73%.’
-georgekourounis
17.
‘Looks around nervously All of it?’
-9umopapisdn
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