Predictions of 2020 from 2010

Expect a pervasive sense of being watched – probably not by government, but by big corporations.

Pretty good take.

Conservative leader, Boris Johnson

Damn.

The predictions from here that readers disagreed with are surprisingly accurate...

A young Republican president, the successor to two-term President Barack Obama, will be running for re-election against a group of Democrats that includes a top female candidate and a self-financing mega-millionaire. (62% of readers disagree)

All true, except the reference to "young"

Entertainment industry observers will agree: The top star of the decade was Taylor Swift. (82% of readers disagree)

this agrees

Security at theaters, stadiums, shopping malls and train stations will resemble security at airports in 2009 as America responds to terrorist attacks from ineradicable Islamic extremists. (57% of readers disagree)

Perhaps a little

The proliferation of video and the ubiquity of volunteer exhibitionists will have nearly destroyed the pornography industry. (61% of readers disagree)

Perhaps a little

Technology will have enabled the now budding, preposterously narcissistic practice of "lifecasting" -- nearly nonstop streaming of video of one's own everyday doings -- to have flowered into a full-blown media craze. Like reality TV before it, the genre will have created a stable of superstars. (58% of readers disagree)

Kind of

Steve Bartman will no longer be a pitiable recluse, as Cub fans will have forgiven and forgotten on the very day the Cubs clinched a berth in their first World Series since 1945. (63% of readers disagree)

Yup

Great strides in nonlethal firearm technology will be pointing the way toward resolution of the handgun debate. (79% of readers disagree)

I wish

Telecommuting will finally be the standard for more than 50 percent of the workplace. Instead of higher salaries, bonuses and vacations, companies will negotiate how much work-from-home capability is built into your employment package. (62% of readers disagree)

Close enough

The United States Postal Service will cease to exist. What, if any, snail mail is left by then will be taken care of by private companies. (58% of readers disagree)

Nope

With adaptive public transportation, passengers will submit requests to go from one specific location to another. The APT center will aggregate requests, optimize the paths for suitable vehicles (buses, vans or sedans) and reply with pickup times. (85% of readers disagree)

Sounds a little like uber?