"Irrelevent, underused, the mind is the next network." - Val
"The internet and the information age will restructure our society fundamentally."
- Rick Fleck
"The internet will transport us to any location we'd like, regardless of our geographical
location." - Deb
"Human consciousness will be encoded. Space travel is as simple as beaming out copies
of your consciousness. Cloning won't be a problem; copying your brain will." - Stuart
"The capabilities of the internet will allow for experiences so close to real life
that people will forget to live." - Raquel
"A smaller world makes for a cheap labor market." - Eric Hamilton
"More internet use will lead to low socialization and a diminishment of society."
- Robert Taylor
"With increased visibility and communication, the corrupt will no longer be able
to hide or enjoy their ill-gotten wealth." - Ashfaq Tunio
"Humans will evolve into a species with embedded devices that allow us to communicate."
- Dan Geile
"Metaphysical implications of online communications will force our American community
to address the fault lines in our culture." - Lyandra
"We will have the technology to implant the internet directly into our brains. This
opens up new terrifying realities for hacking." - Jamie Boyd
"There will be a lack of original thought as people co-opt ideas of others." - PMD
"Intelligent programs will roam the internet, like a life form in its own environment."
- Jeffrey Baker
"The successful implantation of some sort of "nano-bio-whatchamacallit" might herald
in [a] new era." - Nicholas Compton
"We must evolve without becoming the Borg!" - Bob Gawecki
"The internet will extrapolate … dimensions…??We will be able to get in touch with
our relatives, our friends and other people who had passed away." - Marco Veado
"It will forge entirely new types of thinkers, whose kaleidoscopic manipulation
of digital media will culminate in an explosive proliferation of innovative discoveries."
- Kim Vonder Haar
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The internet of tomorrow
We will be online all the time.
4/4/2005
Avoid the Dark Side!
We must evolve without becoming the Borg!
3/19/2005
Death of Nations
Nations will be superceded/replaced politically by communual-based blocs of multinational citizens.
3/16/2005
All Reality Is Hyper-Reality
As GUIs become more interactive and eventually integrate with our physical bodies (think bionic ear), the distinctions between reality and virtual reality will be lost.
3/8/2005
Recombinant Knowledge - Human Intelligence Cedes to Networked Extelligence
Networked extelligence will replace or supercede learned intelligence — in other words, we may not know, but we will know how to know.
3/6/2005
Are We Headed for an Anti-Social World?
Without the need to leave the house, will people bother? If computers can do everything and communication is easy, we will become lazy and anti-social.
3/3/2005
There will be less corruption
With increased visibility and communication, the corrupt will no longer be able to hide or enjoy their ill-gotten wealth.
2/22/2005
The 10-billion-person organization
People will have an incredible amount of job flexibility, and they will take advantage of working for anyone anywhere.
2/22/2005
Private communication
Big Brother is watching. When good encryption is made standard, we will have free speech again.
2/21/2005
Universal accessibility
All human knowledge will be at our fingertips.
2/20/2005
Everybody is in the hall!
We will all live (interact) in the same big room.
2/11/2005
Remarkable, dangerous progress...
Seamless and unbound by mankind's self-imposed limitations.
2/10/2005
Intelligent internet life will roam freely
In the future, intelligent programs will roam the internet, like a life form in its own environment.
2/4/2005
What is next after laptop technology?
Once the general public is content with laptop technology, head-visors will be the replacement,providing an easier means to talk and chew at the same time.
2/2/2005
Any to Any
Within 10 years, you will be able to get any content on any device anywhere.
2/1/2005
Faking Sick Won't Work Anymore
Students who are sick will be required to attend class through a webcam.
1/30/2005
External facts and logic part of our brains will greatly improve - Super-smart humans
Direct deposit of information to our minds - no need for extraneous consumption of details.
1/28/2005
The fall of the Dow Jones, the rise of the World Jones.
We will be trapped in a spiderweb.
1/28/2005
The Silicon Ceiling
A more Internet-connected society will reduce and possibly remove many of the factors that allow people to be singled out.
1/28/2005
Revelations Revealed
With RFID, digital medical records, nanotech, biotech, web-services and GPS the ability exists to be "chipped" and "tracked." Privacy and freedom could be threatened. We must be wary.
1/28/2005
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