"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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statements nearly a thousand people from around the world have shared in their contributions
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Participation by All
Since the Internet is becoming increasingly important to a wide variety of public policy stakeholders, mechanisms will be developed to enhance widespread participation in Internet Governance policy formulation.
12/5/2007
We will not run out of oil
The network future will not run on gas generators to produce electricity.
11/27/2007
Children need good content on the internet
There will be huge problems with children's content on the internet if we don't do something now to help protect them.
11/12/2007
The World Wide Web: The next Tower of Babel.
The world will become a global mechanism solely dependent on the internet to the point that one thrown wrench could be the downfall of humankind.
11/4/2007
The Future Leaps Back
Technology is placing increasing psychological stresses on the human psyche, and it will result in more and more people seeking refuge in semi-luddite lifestyles and communities, and seeking peace in pet ownership.
10/30/2007
The end of copyright
Copyright is going to die
8/18/2007
Privacy, ID and Empowered Citizens
We will have both highly integrated services with information at your fingertips AND stronger privacy than ever - the parallel to environment pollution will make us find the catalysts which only require strict attention to design, as all rules in the digital world are man-made.
8/6/2007
Dissolution of America
Geo. Orwell would be proud of the controls about to be enacted via the internet.
7/18/2007
Humans will be connected to virtual worlds inside a super internet: YNET
The world is united in harmony and the peace is remaining between humans. The internet as we know is connecting every human being with one another by their brains. People live a combined life - half in reality half virtually.
5/30/2007
Intentional mindfulness
People will have to develop new skills in mindfulness in order to experience physical reality.
5/25/2007
Challenges ahead for legislating privacy are large
Great legislation must provide a balance between consumer and public protection without interfering with small and large business interests - especially those that support the richness of what we call the "vast" (massively vast offer of free or affordable online communications, content and services).
5/23/2007
One World
The internet will connect people all over the world, revealing all the lies of all the governments, enabling people-to-people world peace.
5/13/2007
Monopolies and Freelance
The world will be divided into monopolies and freelancers.
3/24/2007
Connect Screens with E-mails and Telephone Calls
Monitors and television screens connect with e-mails and telephone calls.
3/23/2007
Consciousness Uploaded to the Internet
What is consciousness? A collection of memories? A set of morals, ethics, vision?
3/7/2007
Yesterday's "Guns and Butter" Equals Today's "Water and Connectivity"
The survival of our species comes down to water, which is defined as satisfying and nutritional in a safe environment, coupled with connectivity, which is how we as a society can exchange information and bridge equality gaps.
2/8/2007
Globalized businesses governed
With globalized business becoming more prevalent, there will be a need for a worldwide governing body to legislate activity.
1/29/2007
Retrieving data from the future
Light will move faster than light.
1/11/2007
A shared world of creativity and good will
We will rediscover our collective future as a network of creative individuals and solve our planetary problems with goodwill.
1/8/2007
TiVo-like future with implants, holograms
Think TiVo, holograms and implants in the internet's future.
12/23/2006
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