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Go back to the 90s with an iPad... see what they think of it. We have artificial leaves that generate fuel by floating in sunlit water. In a few short years m
by 1092u34iojagj 15y ago
Go back to the 90s with an iPad... see what they think of it.
We have artificial leaves that generate fuel by floating in sunlit water.
In a few short years most book stores (an industry centuries old) will have been closed and replaced with e-readers. You can get the next Harry Potter (or whatever replaces it) without leaving your couch.
We have 3d printers that will create a statue of your World of Warcraft character without a human ever touching a carving tool.
Aids is about to be a minor infection.
We live in a world of science fiction, but we refuse to acknowledge it because we make the miraculous into something mundane. Mostly we use our world to get porn and read Twilight, but that doesn't mean we're not making huge changes to the world.
- mattront 15y ago"You can get the next Harry Potter (or whatever replaces it) without leaving your couch." "...without a human ever touching a carving tool." Brrr... I got a vision of pig-fat humanoids permanently embedded in their couches that can't even hold a spoon with their degenerated clumsy hands :-)
- 1092u34iojagj 15y agoDystopia is always a possibility... but in the near future I think we're reasonably safe. Try to think back to what passed as extreme sports in the 80s and compare it to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9RJSPnf8A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9RJSPnf8A I'm not sure we're headed into WALL-E chairs just yet.
- mattront 15y agoThat's really extreme! Most people are not doing that. On the other hand, take a look at increasing obesity rates and lack of skilled handyman in developed countries.
- caf 15y agoI just tried that - the 90s said "Great, they finally made the Newton useable. Good to see Moore's Law has kept up the pace."