"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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True Communication Will End
True communication is human interaction, which will cease to exsist.
10/1/2006
2050: Advanced Hindu technology makes India to a superpower
Genetic engineering in India makes superHindus in 2020, and in 2050 they take over world power and make Earth into a paradise.
9/28/2006
Big Brother USA
The USA seizes control of internet with its allies.
9/27/2006
It will be a fusion of mind and body
We'll all have portable, hands-free access to the internet and all possible digital applications.
9/27/2006
Will people be needed in the future?
All industries will be replaced by automation and people will no longer be necessary.
9/26/2006
It is not necessarily for the good of all
It will, of necessity or choice, exclude too many people because of corporate greed for both money and political power.
9/26/2006
The Internet will enable man to know the mind of God.
Human and Internet will interface through biotechnological advances and upload themselves into cyberspace.
9/26/2006
chip head
There will be communication through the internet by thought.
9/26/2006
Self-Imposed Physical Isolation is Likely
Social interaction will continue to increase through technology, while decreasing in the physical world.
9/26/2006
You will not know your master
If robots evolve, even enslave us, will we notice?
9/25/2006
Education
Phase One: People will get wired - brains interacting directly with computers
9/25/2006
Zombies
We will lose our senses, our feeling will become static, noirotic and we will lose all contact with the reality, the nature, and our instincts.
9/25/2006
Toward a transformative transactional environment
A transformative transactional environment is broadband technology [engineered] to distribute value to all willing participants.
9/25/2006
More arts for ALL (pre-k to seniors)
All individuals will have free access to be creative with materials and instruments... but also free online interactive creativity.
9/25/2006
Can blogging aid democracy in emerging nations?
People by using the internet will become empowered to influence the direction governments take via Internet blogs.
9/25/2006
The Internet will disappear
People will so get used to using the Internet all the time and anywhere that the super highway itself will be taken for granted and won't be a subject for discussion anymore.
9/14/2006
We will lose all privacy
If things keep going the way they are, everyone's information will be in the hands of the wrong people.
9/8/2006
The internet means the best education skill in the future
The internet is the way to develop better conditions, better lives for all of humanity.
9/4/2006
Emotional flat words
The ultralinked internet will give us a feeling of "this was done by many people before" and that there is "nothing new to discover."
8/27/2006
The end of marriage
People will no longer get married; they will just breed children, free from ethical codes.
8/22/2006
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