The document discusses 5 trends that may impact society in the future: 1) the rise of the silver economy and issues around multi-generational housing and care, 2) increased automation in decision making and transportation and the loss of status symbols, 3) effects of global warming such as more complex insurance, resource depletion and waste issues, 4) the rise of crowdsourcing and issues around hierarchies, group purchasing and collective problem solving, and 5) the growth of big data and issues around predictive technologies, self tracking and highly personalized recommendations. Each trend is accompanied by potential associated problems.