Thread by @lawprofblawg

I've been asked to make some predictions for 2023. Fine. Be careful what you wish for.

#2023Predictions #lawtwitter #AcademicChatter

1. @Tesla will not be any closer to a self driving car that doesn't kill pedestrians. It will, however, be closer to a self-driving stock that kills shareholders.

#teslastock

2. Law schools will continue to withdraw from the U.S. News rankings. Law schools will continue to advertise how well they are doing in U.S. News and other rankings. They'll reward faculty based on rankings all the while telling each other rankings don't matter.

3. People will continue to put pineapple on random Italian food. I will continue to be annoyed by this. If you want specifics, my guess is braciole is next.

4. People will continue to complain about the hellscape that is Twitter--and its lack of intellectual engagement--in their tweets.

5. Contrarian law professors will continue their schtick in a quest to be innovative and interesting, but in such a predictable fashion they will continue to be neither.

6. Airlines will continue to provide the same level of customer service to which we've all grown accustomed. It will continue to be legal to be charged for a plane ticket only to sit on the tarmac for an hour and go home.

7. A politician will lie about their very existence. "I'm a real person," the politician will say, despite evidence they were created by AI. They'll be elected. Turley will write a blog post about why that is consistent with an originalist interpretation of the Constitution.

8. Despite the impending doom of Climate Change, attention will instead be focused on a celebrity scandal.
In related news, @GretaThunberg will develop the magical power to kill people just by tweeting at them.

9. Everyone's annual In/Out list will continue to be one year behind reality.

10. Despite having conferences every year about the legal academy in "the crossroads" or "making a difference" or "at an inflection point" or "in crisis," the legal academy will not change one bit.