I believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be the next major global economical and political disruptor.
The economical change will be caused by job elimination through efficiencies created by AI, but it will also create jobs, but unfortunately those won’t be enough to replace the ones that will be lost. We will not be able to stop this change which is already taking place.
The political implications will be the need to figure out what to do with a large un-employed population, which in some countries may turn into a form of civil unrest and others the adoption of a more socialist political platform.