Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but don't rise to the level of nuclear.
Many kids turn to selling drugs. It's not a good career choice, but they see it as a way to get money.
People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say those are basically technological descriptions, and this next shift is not about technology - although obviously it will be influenced and in some cases expressed by technologies.

