https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2017/12/20/terminators-to-helicopter-money-in-nomuras-10-grey-swans-for-2018
Easy to dismiss, yet the world has the necessary ingredients for it to emerge, Nomura said.
Not scary enough? A 1975 film Rollerball, again set in 2018, is the story about a global energy monopoly that wishes to replace warfare with a violent sport called Rollerball—two teams race around a track on roller skates attacking each other.
The story portrays a corporate giant trying to distract people behind the veneer of democracy and competition, Nomura wrote. For it to come true, the world would need one or two global companies emerging to dominate the world, ideally in sectors that can distract us with fake news, fun games and constant distractions.
