Where will the next ten years take us?

Futurist Leonard Sweet in one of his podcast series entitled Napkin Scribbles talks about what he believes will be the next five rising trends in the coming ten years. First Leonard says that size does matter - the next big thing is the next small thing - so watch how people are doing 'little large'. The second nascent trend is the 'well' curve replaces the bell curve: opposites happen at the same time so give up the middle and begin looking for those who are bringing the extremes together. Third he shares that 'epic rules', the importance of turning activities into epic-tivities . . with an emphasis on how culture is able to help the church become more of an epic community (see his most recent book The Gospel According to Starbucks). Fourthly, Mr. Sweet-ness himself notes that if you digitise you decentralise: the internet is becoming the new skin for planet earth and everything is becoming decentralised with some exceptions which are becoming hyper-centralised as part of the aforementioned 'well' curve. Lastly he surmises that the world is entering into what he is calling Crusade 9, with eight previous Crusades throughout history and this one being different because it's a global issue. This latter trend could eclipse the previous four in significance as it is referring to the growing tensions between the predominantly Christian west and Muslim east. So how do these thoughts from Leonard sit with you? Do they resonate with your experience? Can you see any of the tell tale signs that his future-neering might become reality? Would you suggest any further trends that you think are becoming part of a global nascent narrative?