Predictions, expectations, etc.<\/p>\n
More use of the term “polytypic”<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00d6tzi<\/a> turns out to have Near Eastern affinities.<\/p>\n The Hobbits<\/a> finally have some genetic material successfully analyzed.<\/p>\n Many, many, more human origins stories spun out of control by the press<\/a>. Without a rock-hard interpretative framework like “Out of Africa” there is less “functional constraint.”<\/p>\n <\/span> The economy will grow faster than economists’ expectation. I don’t have great hope or insight, but economists’ forecasts are usually wrong, and lean toward conventional wisdom. The conventional wisdom is that we’ll muddle along.<\/p>\n More about exomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n The blurring between blog and mainstream media will continue.<\/p>\n The segmentation of the blogosphere will continue.<\/p>\n Barack H. Obama will be profile as the “comeback kid” by conventional wisdom peddlers by the end of 2011.<\/p>\n People will start to get annoyed by the proliferation of “social media” firms, and the bubble will burst.<\/p>\n 23andMe will have 200,000 customers by 2011.<\/p>\n
\nFacebook peaks<\/a> in terms of cultural<\/i> influence. Its user base and profits will continue to grow, but there will be a new “It” company.<\/p>\n