If you could fast forward a year, what would you want to know about 2022?

Are there any world events that we should prepare for, good or bad?

Will people return to being more civilized and understanding to others instead of thinking the world revolves around them?

I would like to know if the pandemic will be put under control honestly. All of these different variants are getting exhausting.

That things become easier and I make it to see my Son Graduate year early from High school and Start his first College year at 17.

Are we going go back to normal and get past the unnecessary hysteria over COVID?

I would like to know how the new National Security Defense Strategy will read, be interpreted and how it will be employed. Please Lord give us give us strong leadership and steady guidance.

I would like to know if my neck surgery will be successful.

"What are some things you’d like to know about 2022?" Off the top of my head (raw, quick response), I would like to know if any of my predictions come true.

Enjoy the context and I hope it stimulates thought leadership & discussion!

Political: "The Big 4" global threats (CN, RU, NK, IR) (as cited in the annual "Worldwide Threat Assessment") will continue to pose a significant multi-domain political concern in 2022. US Congress will remain politically divided, inhibiting national success as evident in simply agreeing not to raise the debt ceiling and funding the US government before a deadline (Article 15 for Congress, anyone?). Biden's most significant challenges in 2022 will include convincing Americans that the US is "winning" in COVID and US Economy terms. Do current events predict a "less than likely success" for Biden? For example, President Biden had to sign a "stop-gap" bill in the last week to avert a government shutdown just hours ahead of a midnight deadline.

Military: As discussed in the Political response, "The Big 4" global threats (CN, RU, NK, IR) (as cited in the annual "Worldwide Threat Assessment") will continue to pose a significant concern in multi-domain geopolitics. Geopolitical tensions will increase across all warfighting domains (Air, Sea, Land, Space & Cyber) due to the lack of US involvement in a major conflict (US Military Industrial Complex will enable a major conflict in the next 10 years "it's just business", the business of war), compounded by the generational debt-obligation and impacts of US inflation (long-term inflation due to the printing of $ billions over the last 2 years). The US military "seasoned combat veterans" will be "out of play," working as US contractors, or shift to commercial companies that pay the most. The "talent and experience" gap is less of a short-term concern over the next 12 months, even with Russia and China's "saber-rattling."

Economic: Similar to the Military response, long-term inflation will cause stagnation of the global economy where the US is not likely to experience another "great depression," but all products and services will cost more and stay at elevated prices, where incomes (work salaries), VA disability compensation, and Social Security (SSI & SSDI) will not be able to keep up with the inflation % (projected effects for the next 5 years minimum).

Social: Top issues? Racism and Social Media addiction. Racism is nothing new and has created a national divide since the formation of the United States. No predicted significant improvement in the next 12 months expected. Social media addiction is a behavioral addiction defined by being overly concerned about social media, driven by an uncontrollable urge to log on to or use social media, and devoting so much time and effort to social media that it impairs other important life areas. An example, take away a 15 or under child's cell phone or tablet and see what reaction you get. This addiction has severe negative social impacts and harms digital and physical interactions with other humans (through adulthood).

Information - Web 2.0 versus Web 3.0 evolution. Meaning, the industry transition in "SOCs to Fusion Operations" (Carnegie Mellon SEI, 2019) and the Universe (Universe>Multiverse>Metaverse; a network of 3D virtual worlds focused on social connection), think the movie "Ready Player One" and Facebook's name change to "Meta".

Infrastructure: Biden’s $3.5 trillion economic plan will create US national opportunities similar to LBJ’s Great Society and FDR’s New Deal. Biden’s Build Back Better plan shares similar qualities and is dissimilar in critical ways. According to economists and historians, the Great Society of the 1960s and New Deal policies of the 1930s, marshaled by Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, are the closest comparisons.

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I would simply like to know what the true rate of inflation and/or deflation will be at the end of 2022 to enable my family to prepare appropriately. Right now we anticipate super-charged to hyper inflation and are dumping cash into hard, real assets and I hope we are doing the right thing.

Will the corona virus be subdued and society back to normal