Widespread panic will occur
The systems will crash and we will have no back-up systems.
Expertise: Futurist/Consultant
Obesity crisis solved in cyberspace
Before 2012 most obesity problems will be solved thanks to computer games.
Networking makes consumption conspicuous
The networked future embodies conspicuous consumption by making the consumer visible to the market.
Accelerated Economic Development – Leapfrogging
Widespread availability of knowledge will enable rapid economic development in presently underdeveloped countries.
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.
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.
The 10-billion-person organization
People will have an incredible amount of job flexibility, and they will take advantage of working for anyone anywhere.
Everybody is in the hall!
We will all live (interact) in the same big room.
Remarkable, dangerous progress…
Seamless and unbound by mankind’s self-imposed limitations.
The fall of the Dow Jones, the rise of the World Jones.
We will be trapped in a spiderweb.