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A vision for the future This is one of nearly a thousand foresight statements shared by people from around the world. To return to the Voices of the People home page, click here. To do a refined search of the Voices of the People statements, click here. To submit your ideas to this online archive, look to the upper right corner of this page, click on "Share Your Prediction" and fill in the pop-up form. Name: p. moss From: California Bio: Internet user involved in grid computing research Area of Expertise: Author/Editor/Journalist Topic: General, Overarching Remarks Headline: Too much too fast Nutshell: 2015 - Networks are exposed to an insidious virus that knocks out all essential functions. Civilization is reduced to small bands of individuals who are strong and viscious enough to survive. Vision:
Information technologies advance to the point where society is dependent on them for everything from finance management to buying groceries to significant human interaction. A computer virus is released that is so insidious that it shuts down the grid. Scientists are unable to reinitiate the system in time to avoid mass hysteria from lack of local food stores. The American civilization is reduced to bands of those who are strong and viscious enough to survive.
Date Submitted: 11/10/2004 |
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