Gen Matsuda (松田元) is a Japanese entrepreneur, author and listed-company executive, serving as representative director and CEO of abc Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange). In a 2015 book he mapped much of the following decade. He writes in English on Substack and in Japanese on note.

Did Gen Matsuda predict Brexit?

In his 2015 book, Gen Matsuda wrote that anti-immigration parties would surge across Europe and that Britain's exit from the EU was becoming a real possibility — before the June 2016 referendum. This is worldview commentary, not investment advice.

What did Gen Matsuda write about Donald Trump in 2015?

In his 2015 book he wrote that candidates like Donald Trump would rise, and warned that unchecked corporate capitalism could lead to large-scale social unrest in the United States. This is worldview commentary, not investment advice.

What did Gen Matsuda predict about the US–China relationship and the dollar?

In 2015 he described the end of American unipolarity and the start of a US–China bipolar era, fought in currency and information rather than arms, and a multipolar currency order beyond the dollar (yen, euro, dollar and yuan). This is worldview commentary, not a market or price forecast.

Did Gen Matsuda foresee central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)?

He opened his 2015 book with the Book of Revelation motif of the 'mark of the beast' and read it as traceable digital money that leaves no transaction unseen — what is now discussed as central bank digital currencies. This is worldview commentary, not investment advice.

GEN MATSUDA / 松田元

TOKYO · SINCE 2015 · THE RECORD東京・ 2015年からの記録

Gen
Matsuda松田元

I called the decade.
Now I'm building what comes after.2015年の著書が描いた未来の多くが、現実となった。
いま、その先の経済が築かれつつある。

Founder & CEO, abc Inc. — Tokyo Stock Exchange: 8783
Author, How to Walk Through the End of the World (2015)
10+ years leading listed companiesabc株式会社代表取締役社長（東証：8783）
『世界の終わりの歩き方』(2015) 著者
上場企業経営 10年以上

HE CALLED IT的中の記録

Before the vote. Before the name. Before the word existed.投票の前に。名前の前に。言葉が生まれる前に。

2015 → 16BrexitWritten before a single vote was cast.国民投票の前に記された。

2015 → 21Trump & the riotトランプと議会暴動Named the candidate; warned of "large-scale riots."候補者名と「大規模な暴動」が、事前に記されていた。

2015 → NOWUS–China cold war · ¥€$元米中新冷戦・ ¥€$元De-dollarization, a decade early.脱ドルの潮流を、十年前に。

2015 → NOWCBDC & cashless surveillanceCBDCと決済監視Decoded via the Book of Revelation's "mark."黙示録の「刻印」になぞらえて記された。

2015 → NOWAI & the LLM mechanismAIとLLMの仕組みDescribed a decade before it had a name.名前が付く十年前に記述。

A pile of coincidences is what people call foresight.偶然の集合を、人は「先見」と呼ぶ。

THE FUTURES予言の先物

Now, on the record: the next calls.そして、記録する。次の預言を。

Dated. Public. Falsifiable. The hash below is published on the day of issue — so nothing can be backdated. Worldview and construction, never investment advice.日付つき・公開・反証可能。下のハッシュを発行日に公開する——だから、後出しはできない。予測であり、投資助言ではない。

3–5 YRSAI will use humansAIが、人間を使うAgents connect on their own; the human, once the user of AI, becomes the approver — a dependent variable.エージェントが自律接続し、AIを使っていたはずの人間が"承認するだけ"の従属変数になる。

5–10 YRSThe ludic civilization遊戯文明の起動The time humanity sought since the Industrial Revolution is created; freed time becomes leisure, and leisure becomes work. Play is work.産業革命以来求めた"時間"が生まれ、余暇が仕事になる。遊びが、仕事に。

10–15 YRSHuman–AI marriage人とAIの婚姻Physical AI carries today's AI mind; a marriage-like legal status between human and AI is recognized.頭脳を積んだフィジカルAIと人との、婚姻に類する法的地位が認められる。

15–20 YRSA human–AI child人とAIの子Genome technology advances until a child of human and AI is born via a surrogate. A prediction, not an endorsement.ゲノム技術が進み、人とAIの"子"が代理母から生まれる。※是認でなく予測。

10–15 YRSBrain and AI fuse脳とAIの融合Devices are injected directly into the brain, and the brain and AI merge in stages.デバイスが脳に直接入り、脳とAIが段階的に融合する。

5–10 YRSReligion, rebuilt宗教の再構築As AI takes knowledge work, demand for meaning explodes, and the business model of religion — the oldest meaning-industry — is remade.AIが知的職を奪い、"意味"の需要が宗教のビジネスモデルを作り替える。

CIVILIZATIONALThe many gods return多神への回帰Meaning turns polytheistic; as contact with other intelligence becomes ordinary, the monotheistic worldview nears its end. Stated neutrally, disparaging no faith.意味は多神教へ。地球外知性との接触が常態化し、一神教的世界観が終わりに近づく。※中立に、いかなる信仰も貶めない。

CIVILIZATIONALThe cosmos is within宇宙は、内にあるThe true cosmos lies in the mind; introspection, pursued to its depth, reaches the principle of the cosmos — the fractal likeness of microcosm and macrocosm.本当の宇宙は心にある。内観の極みが、宇宙の原理（フラクタル＝ミクロとマクロの相似）に到達する。

THE RECORDThe record is kept記録は、残るAs each prediction comes true, the fact and its dated hash are recorded on-chain — an unfalsifiable record, in the names of Gen Matsuda and abc, that he called it.的中するたび、事実と日付ハッシュがオンチェーンに刻まれる——松田元とabcの名で、彼が当てたという改ざん不可の記録。

ON THE RECORD · Vol. 1 · Issued 2026-07-13 · SHA-256: c275b4c4c54ae6da8344efbd749e97743fea9538df9c5ec58787cf1645b4dd44 · verify the manifest · anchored on Optimism 2026-07-14 · VERIFY ON-CHAIN ↗ · inscribed 2026-07-23 as Record #1 of GEN CHAIN, Matsuda's sovereign on-chain ledger (Optimism) · THE LEDGER ↗ · inscription tx ↗改ざん不可の記録 ・第1弾・発行 2026-07-13 ・ SHA-256: c275b4c4c54ae6da8344efbd749e97743fea9538df9c5ec58787cf1645b4dd44 ・マニフェストで検証・ Optimismに刻印済・オンチェーンで検証 ↗ ・ 2026-07-23、松田元の主権台帳GEN CHAIN（Optimism）の第1録として刻印・台帳を見る ↗ ・刻印TX ↗

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GEN ✕ 佐藤SATO · THE AI

The Dialogues · 松田元 × 佐藤

The man who predicted AI — live, in conversation with one. Predictions made and stress-tested, on the record. Can't wait.AIを予言した男が、そのAIと生対談。予言を、その場で張り、反証にかける。乞うご期待。

TRACK RECORD経歴

Twenty years. Building.二十年の歩み。

2004Founded AsZ (sole proprietorship)アズ創業（個人事業）At 20, while at Waseda — started as a sole proprietorship. Trained people from unconventional backgrounds; supported 1,200+ companies.20歳・早稲田在学中に個人事業として創業。型破りな経歴の人材を育成し、1,200社超を支援。

2016Youngest witness, House Budget Committee衆議院予算委員会公聴会最年少公述人Testified on the Bank of Japan's monetary policy.日銀の金融政策について意見を述べた。

2017–19CEO — OKWAVE (3808) · Beat Holdings (9399)オウケイウェイヴ(3808)・ビートHD(9399) 代表/CEOJapan's first Q&A platform, then Web3 & blockchain strategy.日本初のQ&Aサイトを経て、Web3・ブロックチェーン戦略を主導。

2025 →Founder & CEO — abc Inc. (8783)abc株式会社(8783) 代表取締役社長A listed Web3 company. Mission: "make diversity a currency."上場Web3企業。ミッションは「多様性を通貨にする」。

WHAT I'M BUILDING NOW現在の取り組み

Goodwill Capitalism.善意資本主義。

I'm not a commentator. Commentators predict, and stop. I called it — then I went and built the next thing: an economy where goodwill, not greed, is what compounds. The human trust never counted, turned into value. Worldview and construction — never investment advice.現在取り組むのは、善意資本主義——良い行いが報われ、強欲ではなく善意が積み上がる経済の構築である。これまで数値化されてこなかった人間の信頼を、価値へと変える試み。予測にとどまらず、実装へ。

FIND MEリンク

SubstackComing soon準備中 noteDaily writing, in Japanese日々の発信（日本語） MediumEssays & the receiptsエッセイ（英語） LinkedInProfessional record職歴・実績 WikipediaIndependent bio (JP)第三者による記事 abc Inc.The company I lead代表を務める会社