I think the major problem is the stock markets. Stock markets have forced Western corporate management and by extension the politicians to focus on the next three months at the expense of the future. So we're all locked into every expanding cycles of short term thinking begetting other short term thinking. It's like domino pieces touching each other lightly but they fall anyway and soon enough there won't be any standing. And we'll still be trying to enforce the rules of the game (IP) but without any serious clout to back that up and then it will be game over.

It's going to be a very interesting two decades ahead and it's always good to remind yourself that to live in interesting times is a curse, not a blessing.