In 2023, reality tempers our revolutionary bent

So that was 2022, then.The world emerged from a pandemic that is still very much with us; a dictator continues to wage war against an enemy [Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( So that was 2022, then. The world emerged from a pandemic that is still very much with us; a dictator continues to wage war against an enemy that is having none of it; riding-high tech stocks and crypto bros discovered that you can’t actually create value with imagination. For the third year in a row, the world collectively wishes for a fresh start — with eyes wide open. Bloomberg Opinion columnists revisited their favorite takes from the year we’ve left behind, and now they offer their predictions for 2023. The Collision of Investment and Social Policy Will Dampen Expectations - [In 2023, Questions of Survival in Business and Politics]( — Adrian Wooldridge - [Deglobalization Will Drive Dealmaking in 2023]( — Chris Hughes - [Climate Fight Arises as a Geopolitical Power Play]( — Liam Denning - [The Roaring Twenties Are Now Over. Time to Get Real.]( — Lionel Laurent - [Farewell, FOMO! Brace for Hard Landings Next Year.]( — Chris Bryant The Humbling of Big Tech Won’t Stop Innovation - [Big Tech Will Get Back to Real Tech in 2023]( — Parmy Olson - [Why the Future of Technology Is So Hard to Predict]( — Faye Flam - [Big Banks Will Show Fintech Who’s the Big Boss]( — Paul J. Davies - [Actually, It Has Been a Wonderful Year for Tech’s Future]( — Tim Culpan Rebellion Is Nigh. The Rebels Have No Guarantees - [Is Iran on the Verge of Another Revolution?]( — Bobby Ghosh see also [Taliban’s Latest Cruelty Creates Surprising Cracks]( — Ruth Pollard - [This Is the Dawning of the Age of Zeitenwende]( — Andreas Kluth - [The Rise of the Left Was the Real Story of 2022]( — Pankaj Mishra A Slowdown Is Inevitable — But Not Everywhere - [The Commodities Boom Will Continue in 2023]( — Javier Blas - [Consumers in the US and Europe Will Diverge in 2023]( — Andrea Felsted Further 2023 Prediction Reading [Five Big Political Questions for 2023]( — Jonathan Bernstein The Future Has Arrived for Meta-Optics]( — Aaron Brown [These Books Will Restore Financial Common Sense in 2023]( — Merryn Somerset Webb [Chinese Revenge Travelers Will Steer Clear of a Hostile US]( — Adam Minter [From Tesla to Turkey, a Perfect Year for Hindsight]( and [Hindsight Capital II: Weed and Truss Went Up in Smoke]( — John Authers [The Junk Bond Reckoning Is Coming in 2023]( — Jonathan Levin [India and China — a 2023 Tale of Two Markets]( — Andy Mukherjee Notes:  To contact the author of this newsletter, email bsample1@bloomberg.net. [Sign up here]( and follow us on [Instagram](, [TikTok](, [Twitter]( and [Facebook](. Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( | [Ad Choices]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022