Maybe this is just pessimistic, and I need coffee boost to cheer me up today :)
Wrt corporate world, I'm just thinking of all the money + business suits they'll throw at satisfying any new EU laws.
With that the stronger and watertight the regulation, the more they'll encroach the space that we now occupy with our fresh and humane approach.
We don't have sufficient grip yet to set the scene, drive the story. We don't have a Spiral Island archipelago.