Book talks of global trends that could shape our future

History will record a very different kind of world by 2050, with a totally new balance of power, new global cultures, new industrial giants, new forms of government and new social habits, says noted futurist Patrick Dixon.
The generation born in 2030 will all be adults in 2050, and most of those who are born to middle-class families will expect to be alive in 2130, he writes in his new book "The Future of Almost Everything".
The man, whom the Wall Street Journal describes as a 'global change guru', looks at how the future will be. For him future is a combination of Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical.

It will be a future of boom and bust and great economic change as the emerging markets grow up; a future of great advances in medicine and also greater threats from viral epidemics; a future of political shocks and greater conflicts; a future in which people will strive for more privacy and businesses will change the way they relate to their staff and their customers; a future in which there will be driverless cars and solar power generated in the desert will power cities thousands of miles away.
The book, published by Hachette India, highlights what every business needs to be aware of and prepare for if it is to prosper and survive in a world where customers and markets, politics and demographics, technology and skills, and opportunities and choices will be very different.