Which current things do you think will disappear entirely in the next 5-10 years?

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Looking at the world as we see it today and the way the wind is blowing, which things that are currently (and have often long been) a part of many of our lives can you see just completely vanishing completely - whether through the writing being on the wall for them and nobody wanting them anymore, or through actually being officially scrapped/banned?

So far, I've come up with (and there's every chance that I'll turn out to be hopelessly and laughably wrong):

TV licence in its current format. I don't think the BBC will disappear at all, but their privileged funding model, payable for watching ALL live TV, will only be sustainable for maybe 5 more years at most.

Broadcast/terrestrial/scheduled TV.

Cash and all bank branches. Also bank cards - all will be incorporated in phones as standard or swapped for implants.

Royal Mail. I think Amazon will branch into collections as well as just deliveries, with a much cheaper, quicker and more reliable service - probably more for parcels, as written letters become increasingly obsolete.
Also post offices will completely disappear.

Humans being allowed to drive vehicles - also leading to no need for anybody to actually own a car of their own, if they can use an app to summon a driverless pod at any time.

Printed newspapers and magazines, as well as paper utility bills, invoices, receipts etc. No urging to switch to receiving things online, as that will simply be the only option - even for important official documents. Before long, maybe all paper will be gone and seen as much as a relic of the past as parchment is now.

Private bonfires and fireworks.

Learning foreign languages - everybody will speak into their phones and the other person will automatically and seamlessly hear it in their own language - quite probably in the exact same voice.

In-person voting.

The option/ability to live life without being online.

There must be loads more... what else?!

Credit or debit cards. We will use our fingerprints, facial recognition or iris patterns to link directly to our bank accounts.

The NHS.

Frost and snow.

Cookers will be replaced in new homes by air fryers

Fake eye lashes, glitzy bits on nails, landlines.

Fireworks are long overdue for a ban. They should be allowed for organised displays only, and run by qualified experts.

The general public should not be allowed to buy explosives.

The Labour Party

People reading books in public. Maybe altogether.

The Conservative Party. Reform UK will also change its name - it's basically a business anyway.

The ability to deferentiate between real and AI videos.

Teachers - they're already leaving in droves and people are now sensible enough not to want to enter the profession.

You really think teachers will all disappear within 10 years? What do you think will replace them?

I agree with most of these apart from the cars! If that happens I’m out, I’m pretty sure my driverless pod will get trapped in the giant countryside potholes and I’ll never get home! It will freak out if it sees a horse or tractor.

One thing I’m glad will be gone is this current generation of pompous 65+ men, maybe a rural thing as well but my god they are giant pompous bores that “have worked as CEOs” don’t you know.

I hope supermarkets are a thing of the past and we can just not have to plan or think about meals and food and everything is automated and delivered and put away!

The Church of England.

OP, I think many if not most of your predictions will probably come true. But perhaps not as soon as 5-10 years.

Customer service
Socialising
Live music
People

Our income - thanks Labour.

@SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter Teaching Assistants mainly - it's already happening. Qualified teachers - especially experienced ones - are constantly being managed out because schools budgets can't afford them. After 20 years in I walked before I was pushed and it is the best decision I ever made.

Robots.

Everyone will be replaced by robots, in the end. Already the internet is mostly robots now.

@Hortesne Robots are more than welcome to my old teaching job! 😀

Women’s rights

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OR, on my optimistic days, I wonder if it might go the other way. The internet is already full of shit - false information planted by bots and further misinterpreted by robots. There's little point using it to see what anything actually looks like for example. As it becomes increasingly useless and even more crammed with crap and spyware, maybe we'll end up leaving it alone to talk to itself.

But we'll still probably all be replaced by robots.

Betting shops
Not a bad thing I suppose
I started there. Its all about the machines now

Chronic oversharing on social media platforms, particularly the type which monetise children.