
If the past is prologue, Bill Gates may have already told us what's coming.
Back in a 2018 Reddit "Ask Me Anything," someone pressed the Microsoft co-founder on whether the U.S. would face another financial crisis like the one that rocked the world in 2008. Gates didn't hedge, sugarcoat, or dodge. His answer was as blunt as it was chilling: "Yes. It is hard to say when but this is a certainty."