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20 predictions for the 2020s

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Noah Smith
Jan 14, 2021
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Someone asked me to do a post of predictions, so I thought I’d oblige (and my pre-election predictions were pretty spot-on, so I’m feeling confident).

Instead of doing a post of short-term forecasts — most of which would be pretty boring stuff — I thought I’d do a list of predictions for the rest of the decade. I’ll give a brief explanation for each.

(No…

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