Notes From New Orleans

The new year brings a brand new decade. And if you think about all the big changes that occurred in the last decade — iPads, Instagram, self-driving cars, ride-sharing apps, bitcoins, Candy Crush — well, we can only imagine what the world will look like by the end of this one. So today we put on our prognostication glasses, with an eye toward achieving 2020 vision. Let’s put the future in focus and talk about what the years ahead will see. We’re talking revolutions instead of resolutions for the new decade ahead. And no, this isn’t at all about politics. With 2020 vision, we see a few revolutions already under way. Last week, I ordered red wine with a scroll and a touch on an iPad at one high-end restaurant, while a friend ordered a burger and milkshake the same way at Shake Shack. Awesome, and weird. Plant burgers now emulate beef, and a fingerprint can get you through airport security or into a sports stadium. Parking apps are becoming visionary, too. Who carries spare change anymore