The reinvention of dying. Cremation passes 60%; medical aid in dying spreads state by state; human composting and direct-to-consumer funeral planning replace the parlour.
Emerging Real but not yet at scale. The effects described are expected rather than observed. Largest effect expected 2020–2040.
Second-order effects
The funeral industry's real estate and casket economics erode; hospice becomes a growth business owned by private equity; the state gains a role in the timing of death; grief moves online.
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Frictions it intensifies
These pressures get worse, or reach more people.
Solutions it accelerates
Solutions it threatens
Sectors it reshapes
How to track it
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