Thats why we develop our products in good ol' MFC/C++. It is still supported and that is not a coincidence. Who needs fancy things like reactive event streams when one can have the delights of MFC message pumps. Good old hardened, bare metal technology. Mobile plattforms, the Web and this thing called "Internet" are technologies we are happy to sit out and so should you. Trust me and thank me later.

Not a private person, no. Self-driving cars will be bought by public transportation companies to build up fleets of driverless cars.

Every suggestion in every direction is short-sighted. Even the robot thesis at hand, because nobody knows what's going to happen in the next 20 years. E.g. we are pretty close to manufacturing a space elevator cable that withstands the stress of its own weight. If this elevator becomes a reality, (manned) space flight will be extremely cheap.