- We live in an "Age of Rage" (and gloom and doom)
- Society is fearful and skeptical of technology and technological advance
- The nation state is still THE core unit of analysis, THE way to think about the world
- International trade and globalization are unpopular
- Business is unpopular and it is too risky for business leaders to engage with society
- Employees are not ready, or even thinking about, workforce automation and technological unemployment
- Capitalism is the dominant ideology today and will be tomorrow