2024年全球三大辭典公布的年度字,分別為BrainRot(腦腐)、Manifest(顯化)、Polarization(兩極分化),顯示人們是處於不穩定、不確定、複雜及模糊的情緒中,這跟全球社群媒體氾濫、經濟與通膨問題、政治爭議與地緣戰爭、AI快速崛起、國際碳有價時代等議題,所帶來的惶恐有關。
2025年全球情緒會更加不確定性,因為川普回歸、AI發展及碳有價時代,都將影響全球政治、經濟及產業發展,而我們卻沒法用傳統思維去臆測。但據國際貨幣基金報告,2025年全球經濟卻仍維持3.2%增長,而且通膨會持續降低,全球CEO調查也沒那麼的悲觀。
2024年來自中國威懾、南海爭議及政黨鬥爭等都是台灣的核心議題,而晶片法案、AI發展及供應鏈遷移等,台灣更是全球關注的焦點。這讓台灣2024的經濟成長達10年來最高的4.3%,而NVIDIA的黃仁勳、AMD的蘇姿丰、美超微的梁見後都來自於台灣,在2024年的科技業成為全球風雲人物,而台灣供應鏈卻是他們稱霸的軍火庫,2023年全球科技業經歷大裁員,但台灣卻逆風而行。
2024年巴黎奧運(ParisOlympics)的「麟洋配」,拿下羽球史上男雙金牌連霸,而第三屆的世界棒球12強(2024 WBSC Premier12),被評估戰力倒數第二的中華隊,卻完封日本拿到冠軍,還有林郁婷(奧運拳擊)、謝淑薇(澳洲網球)、俞俊安(PGA高爾夫)等運動員,在不同的賽事都拿到冠軍,這些都是以團隊合作及信任為基礎,加上運動員的堅毅及求勝的決心,才能夢想成真。
面對2025年全球的不確定性,希望台灣能持續2024年的韌性精神,讓熱血與感動,驅動無數激動人心的瞬間,讓台灣韌性在國際多元的面向中展現,也祝福所有的朋友們,新的一年都能心想事成。
The 2024 words of the year are brain rot, manifest, and polarization. It shows that people are in an unstable, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous mood. This is related to the panic caused by issues such as the proliferation of global social media, economic and inflation problems, political disputes and geopolitical wars, the rapid rise of AI, and the era of global carbon pricing.
Global sentiment will be more uncertain in 2025, due to Trump’s return, the development of AI, and the era of carbon pricing. These will all affect the global politics, economic and industrial development. We cannot speculate the future with traditional thinking. Though, according to the International Monetary Fund report, the global economy will still maintain a growth rate of 3.2% in 2025, and inflation will continue to decline. The Annual Global CEO survey shows it’s not that pessimistic.
In 2024, deterrence from China, South China Sea dispute, and party struggles are all core issues for Taiwan, while Taiwan is the focus of global attention on the Chip Act, AI development and supply chain migration. This allows Taiwan's economic growth in 2024 to reach a 10-year high of 4.3%. NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, AMD’s Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su, and Supermicro’s Charles Liang are all from Taiwan and have become the global figures in the technology industry in 2024. Moreover, Taiwan’s supply chain is the arsenal of dominance. Since 2023, the global technology industry experienced massive layoffs, but Taiwan went against the wind.
Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin became the first pair in badminton history to win the men’s doubles twice at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Chinese Taipei baseball team, while was initially predicted the second to last, defeated Japan and won the WBSC Premier12 2024 to the Global Championship. There are also athletes such as Lin Yu-Ting (Olympic boxing), Hsieh Su-wei (Australian tennis), and Kevin YU (PGA golf), who have won championships in different tournaments. These are all based on teamwork and trust in parallel with athletes’ perseverance and determination to win.
Facing global uncertainty in 2025, I wish Taiwan can continue the spirit of resilience it had in 2024, let passion and emotion drive countless exciting moments. Let Taiwan’s resilience be demonstrated in the international arena. I also wish all my friends, May all your wishes come true in the new year.