Assignment:
Topic Discussion: Prediction Future Trends
- Have a look at the following predictions for 2030 by Futurist Thomas Frey
- 80% of all doctor visits will have been replaced by automated exams.
- over 90% of all restaurants will use some form of a 3D food printer in their meal preparations.
- Over 10% of all global financial transactions will be conducted through Bicoin or Bitcoin-like crypto currencies.
- we will seen a growing number of highways designated as driverless-vehicle only.
- a Chinese company will become the first to enter the space tourism industry by establishing regular flights to their space hotel.
- the world's largest Internet company will be in the education business, and it will be a company we have not heard of yet.
- over 20% of all new construction will be "printed" buildings.
- over 2 billion jobs will have disappeared, freeing up talent for many new fledgling industries. Details here .
- a new protest group will have emerged that holds anti-cloning rallies, demonstrating against the creation of "soul-less humans."
- we will see the first city to harvest 100% of its water supply from the atmosphere. Details here .
- world religions will make a resurgence, with communities of faith growing by nearly 50% over what they are today.
- Over 50% of all traditional colleges will collapse, paving the way for an entire new education industry to emerge. Details here.
- we will see a surge of Micro Colleges spring to life, each requiring less than 6 months of training and apprenticeship to switch professions. Details here.
- scientists will have perfected an active cross-species communication system, enabling some species to talk to each other as well as humans.
- By 2030 we will see the first hurricane stopped by human intervention.
- we will see wireless power used to light up invisible light bulbs in the middle of a room.
- we will see the first demonstration of a technology to control gravity, reducing the pull of gravity on an object by as much as 50%.
- democracy will be viewed as inferior form of government.
- traditional police forces will be largely automated out of existence with less than 50% of current staffing levels on active duty.
- over 90% of all libraries will offer premium services as part of their business model. Details here.
- forest fires will have been reduced to less than 5% of the number today with the use of infrared drone monitoring systems.
- over 30% of all cities in the U.S. will operate their electric utilities as micro grids.
- we will have seen a number of global elections with the intent of creating a new global mandate, forcing world leaders to take notice. Details here.
- traditional pharmaceuticals will be replaced by hyper-individualized medicines that are manufactured at the time they are ordered. Details here.
- we will have seen the revival of the first mated pair of an extinct species. Details here.
- swarms of micro flying drones - swarmbots - will be demonstrated to assemble themselves as a type of personal clothing, serving as a reconfigurable fashion statement. Details here.
- marijuana will be legalized in all 50 states in the U.S. and half of all foreign countries. Details here.
- cable television will no longer exist.
- a small number of companies will begin calculating their labor costs with something called "synaptical currency." Details here.
- it will be common to use next generation search engines to search the physical world. Details here.
- basic computer programming will be considered a core skill required in over 20% of all jobs. Details here.
- we will have seen multiple attempts to send a probe to the center of the earth. Details here.
- a form of tube transportation, inspired by Hyperloop and ET3 , will be well on its way to becoming the world's largest infrastructure project. Details here.
Discussion:
Please write a few paragraphs on any one or more of these predictions and comment on how you think people come up with predictions like these, Thanks!