{"id":532,"date":"2009-11-05T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2009\/11\/05\/wednesday-late-night-2050\/"},"modified":"2009-11-05T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T14:53:00","slug":"wednesday-late-night-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2009\/11\/05\/wednesday-late-night-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday late night – 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Folks,
\u00a0\u00a0 My panel on 2050 went great.. It’s 2 AM PST (5 AM EST).. and I need to get some sleep.. so I’ll tell you about the panel and the day tomorrow. For now, I’d llike ot thank all the folks who wrote me on Facebook with their predictions. I used some of them !
Here they are for your viewing pleasure::;\u00a0 For now., nite-nite !\u00a0 Nite Sam !
-me<\/p>\n

What would the wolrd in 2050 be like : ? <\/p>\n

Beth Miller Esmond<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m<\/p>\n

thinking we’ll see an even bigger rise in telecommuting (or whatever<\/p>\n

that will be called) and there will have to be some kind of societal<\/p>\n

replacement for the more social aspects of the workplace. I don’t see<\/p>\n

people as being satisfied with just Facebook and other virtual meeting<\/p>\n

places. Maybe we’ll even enjoy a return to socializing in our … Read More<\/a><\/span><\/span>neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

Or maybe there will be something really creative that we haven’t<\/p>\n

thought of yet to bring us together. I also think that people will need<\/p>\n

some kind of incentive (hopefully not mandate) to make healthier<\/p>\n

choices. We can’t keep going this way . . . Good luck with your talk!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 3:33am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Garrett<\/a><\/p>\n
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Garrett Koval<\/a><\/p>\n
Zombies will take over by then, there will be groups of survivors all over the planet fighting them off.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 3:43am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Bethany<\/a><\/p>\n
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Bethany Muller<\/a><\/p>\n
The<\/p>\n

war will be over, and we finally will have gotten the environment under<\/p>\n

control, but skin cancer will be up 12%. And we will not longer have a<\/p>\n

national debt.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 3:47am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Isak<\/a><\/p>\n
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Isak Aronov<\/a><\/p>\n
don’t ask us… you know exactly what will happen….. \ud83d\ude09<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 3:49am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Randy<\/a><\/p>\n
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Randy Darden<\/a><\/p>\n
What<\/p>\n

about the aging of the population? With medical advances and DNA<\/p>\n

research, will people be living longer? Will the median age of the<\/p>\n

population continue to increase? What will the retirement age be? What<\/p>\n

are the social implications? How many more golf courses will be<\/p>\n

required \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 3:57am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Randy<\/a><\/p>\n
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Randy Darden<\/a><\/p>\n
Sorry, that was a lot of questions with no predictions…..<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 3:57am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Mark<\/a><\/p>\n
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Mark Colan<\/a><\/p>\n
Imagining<\/p>\n

what is new is harder than imagining what we won’t have. Probably won’t<\/p>\n

be importing produce from Asia; I imagine we will be buying more<\/p>\n

hyper-local produce. Home BBQ probably illegal (carbon footprint).<\/p>\n

Airline industry? Pricey if it exists at all.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 4:09am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Ben<\/a><\/p>\n
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Ben Ratner<\/a><\/p>\n
In the year 2050, I think there will be a world market for maybe 5 computers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 4:18am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Leah<\/a><\/p>\n
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Leah Pileggi<\/a><\/p>\n
Maybe by then, the non-news side of “Fox News” will finally called itself “Fox Talk” or something else more realistic…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 5:05am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Rick<\/a><\/p>\n
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Rick Hudson<\/a><\/p>\n
Thermo-illuminant<\/p>\n

panels will exist that are capable of displaying images (very much like<\/p>\n

an LCD panel today), and will have thermal conductivity (like<\/p>\n

Peltier-effect modules, only more efficient) and probably limited audio<\/p>\n

transducer capabilities.<\/p>\n

Businesses will cover walls with them<\/p>\n

and will use applied advertising psychology to determine which<\/p>\n

hues\/temperature ranges will encourage more consumption.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 5:09am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Scott<\/a><\/p>\n
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Scott Turnbull<\/a><\/p>\n
Technology<\/p>\n

will continue to be integrated with our bodies. Biometrics and RFID<\/p>\n

tags will replace badges and keys. Subcutanenous wireless will replace<\/p>\n

cellphone\/texting\/twitter.<\/span>..<\/span> Health monitors will communicate directly with service centers. Think of it as Personal OnStar.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 5:39am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Kelly<\/a><\/p>\n
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Kelly King<\/a><\/p>\n
That personal link? How about a way to connect with
all the folks in your “community” (think facebook friends) by just speaking into space (think “Computer..” in Star Trek)<\/p>\n

Some kind of vocal link always up. Have a question, comment, idea you want to discuss.
… Read More<\/a><\/span><\/span>
“Anybody know ….”<\/p>\n

Other<\/p>\n

folks who are lonely, unoccupied, bored and on your list hear the<\/p>\n

question come out of the air (quietly, unless you say “what?” and then<\/p>\n

it pipes up) and can respond… (would the computer automatically<\/p>\n

filter who it’s sent to by content?)<\/p>\n

I’m thinking of walking along in the woods and finding a mushroom.
“Anybody<\/p>\n

have time to look at this mushroom and tell me what it is? Any chance<\/p>\n

it’s edible?” accompanied by a picture I’ve just taken of the mushroom<\/p>\n

projected onto the wall beside them<\/p>\n

“Hi, Kel,” pipes up my<\/p>\n

friend Pete who is walking down the street in Burlington, “It’s a<\/p>\n

polypore of some kind, few of them are edible, but look in the same<\/p>\n

area, there are often chanterelles nearby when you see those.”<\/p>\n

“Thanks Pete, if I find a big stash I’ll bring you some”<\/p>\n

Boy<\/p>\n

we think cellphones are intrusive… how would we ever deal with<\/p>\n

this… the social and distractable among us would go crazy…<\/p>\n

As it is, jumping up to google stuff is distracting enough… what if I could just speak my idea, question etc into space…
ADD heaven or hell?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 5:42am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Chrisa<\/a><\/p>\n
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Chrisa Alberts<\/a><\/p>\n
wait a minute, arent we going to die in 2012?? i am confused lolol<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 5:55am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Ren<\/a><\/p>\n
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Ren Pearson<\/a><\/p>\n
I shall be a happy employee of Spacely Sprockets.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 6:09am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Jennifer<\/a><\/p>\n
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Jennifer Trelewicz<\/a><\/p>\n
2050 I do not know, but if the book “Metro 2033” is true, I think that we do not need to worry. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 6:21am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Shawn<\/a><\/p>\n
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Shawn Umansky<\/a><\/p>\n
I agree with Scott.<\/p>\n

I<\/p>\n

think our bodies are destined to become the new frontier in technology<\/p>\n

development. Probably more easily replaceable (mechanical?) parts<\/p>\n

(though we’re doing pretty well on that today). Probably more capacity<\/p>\n

to “customize” ourselves (i.e., eyecolor, height, etc.) though, that’s<\/p>\n

begun as well, but is more at the genetic stage currrently.<\/p>\n

I<\/p>\n

envision technology that “enables” us to interact with our environment<\/p>\n

without actually having to make physical contact with those objects.<\/p>\n

Like a remote control, without the remote itself. We’ll have to<\/p>\n

re-define the phrase “universal remote control.” Personal note: I<\/p>\n

don’t like the idea that we’ll continue to perpetuate a co-existence<\/p>\n

whereby individuals continue to increase the physical distance between<\/p>\n

each other, but, alas, I don’t make the trends, I just see them.… Read More<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Capturing<\/p>\n

information, experiences, and such will be first nature, and completely<\/p>\n

integrated into daily life. No more taking your cell phone out of your<\/p>\n

pocket to point, click, send, post, etc. All those steps will be<\/p>\n

combined and made virtually invisible.<\/p>\n

That’s off the top of my head.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 6:35am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Mike<\/a><\/p>\n
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Mike Olsen<\/a><\/p>\n
I heard a stat that half of all babies born today in western countries will live to be 100.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 7:05am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Mike<\/a><\/p>\n
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Mike Olsen<\/a><\/p>\n
cash<\/p>\n

will no longer exist. your personal id card will be a multifunctional<\/p>\n

driver’s license, passport, debit card, will contain all of your medial<\/p>\n

information and will contain a copy of your hard drive (big strides in<\/p>\n

memory….). You will not need to travel with a laptop because you will<\/p>\n

carry your hard drive in your wallet. Cooler yet, combine my idea with<\/p>\n

Scott’s.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 7:13am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Paul<\/a><\/p>\n
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Paul Dietz<\/a><\/p>\n
I<\/p>\n

think “trends” can be deceptive. When we were kids, time sharing and<\/p>\n

mainframes were all the rage. Then PCs were king. Now, it’s all about<\/p>\n

cloud computing. The world tends to bounce around more than we care to<\/p>\n

admit. So here are some counter-intuitive predictions. Divergence will<\/p>\n

be more important than convergence for the same reason screwdrivers… Read More<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

outsell Swiss army knives. Screens, which seem to be everywhere in<\/p>\n

visions of the future, will not be nearly as ubiquitous or as relevant<\/p>\n

as predicted. In a world of virtual experiences, people will<\/p>\n

increasingly crave the real thing. That’s good news for parks (local,<\/p>\n

national and theme), bad news for theaters. Universities, which have<\/p>\n

thrived in recent years, will be failing in droves as the economy<\/p>\n

recovers and the demographic bubble bursts. I’m guessing that something<\/p>\n

similar to what’s been happening in healthcare will happen to education<\/p>\n

– massive consolidation to the most successful brands. In any case, the<\/p>\n

model where more and more people go to college and tuition increases<\/p>\n

vastly out-pace inflation is fundamentally unsustainable. Something<\/p>\n

will eventually break. More and more stuff will be made in China, until<\/p>\n

the world moves on to the next low cost manufacturer (India, Brazil,<\/p>\n

and ultimately, African countries?). Finally, most predictions will<\/p>\n

ultimately be proven wrong, including these, except the ones that were<\/p>\n

right…<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 7:42am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Gary<\/a><\/p>\n
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Gary Beckwith<\/a><\/p>\n
Poverty<\/p>\n

will be eliminated. All of our energy will come from renewable sources.<\/p>\n

There will be a cure for cancer. There will be no wars.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 7:45am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Dave<\/a><\/p>\n
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Dave Holmes<\/a><\/p>\n
String Theory will be proven and unseen dimensions will be detected, changing the illusion of reality closer to the truth.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 8:09am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Paul<\/a><\/p>\n
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Paul S. Makowenskyj<\/a><\/p>\n
ever watch the film “Idiocracy” http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/wa<\/span>..<\/span>tch\/2682654\/idiocracy_open<\/span>..<\/span>ing_sequence\/<\/a> warning… just noticed it is not censored for offensive language.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 9:15am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Paul<\/a><\/p>\n
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Paul M Kruse<\/a><\/p>\n
The<\/p>\n

happiest people will avoid technology whenever possible and strive for<\/p>\n

simplicity (perhaps live off the land if we haven’t poisoned it all.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 10:19am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Ryan<\/a><\/p>\n
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Ryan Cornelius<\/a><\/p>\n
Completely<\/p>\n

automated, if not a smoldering ruin. I’m greatly looking forward to<\/p>\n

bio-electric computers, cybernetics, cryogenics, carbon nanofibers, and<\/p>\n

nanotech. Of course, the huge amount of resources required to produce<\/p>\n

technology like that means that our supply chains must grow and<\/p>\n

strengthen in order to maintain sustainability. I would also like… Read More<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to see more community responsibility from our corporations and more<\/p>\n

arts and humanities taught in schools. Just because science and<\/p>\n

mathematics are becoming more necessary doesn’t mean that humanities<\/p>\n

are expendable.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 11:34am \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Ryan<\/a><\/p>\n
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Ryan Kennedy<\/a><\/p>\n
itll be like the colony thank god i learned the tools to survive from you haha<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Yesterday at 12:07pm \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Randy<\/a><\/p>\n
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Randy Darden<\/a><\/p>\n
Earlier<\/p>\n

I was thinking about what the government would look like and I thought<\/p>\n

of the “Idiocracy” movie (very funny but R-rated for sure). It seems<\/p>\n

like we are heading towards complete reliance on the government. Will<\/p>\n

we all end up working for the government producing for and providing<\/p>\n

services to one another? Will the entitlement culture continue to grow?<\/p>\n

I hope not but I’m thinking yes…<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 12:26pm \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Paul<\/a><\/p>\n
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Paul M Kruse<\/a><\/p>\n
@Ryan<\/p>\n

C. I like what you wrote. Someplace I read a quote that basically<\/p>\n

shared the message that one of the wonderful ways we use science is to<\/p>\n

create beautiful art.
I also love science for its own sake. No argument from me there!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 12:31pm \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Dave<\/a><\/p>\n
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Dave Holmes<\/a><\/p>\n
I<\/p>\n

think the Illuminati will be exposed and defeated creating a world of<\/p>\n

peace and abundance. Watch the movie Zeitgesit for free on google video.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 12:36pm \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Ryan<\/a><\/p>\n
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Ryan Cornelius<\/a><\/p>\n
@Paul:<\/p>\n

Thanks. I’ve been reading up on the Kardashev scale and Olduvai theory.<\/p>\n

As humanity comes to gather more and more energy resources around the<\/p>\n

planet, I think that monetary systems will go the way of the dodo, and<\/p>\n

people will use energy as a form of currency. At this point. if you<\/p>\n

examine how much embodied energy our products contain, it … Read More<\/a><\/span><\/span>seems<\/p>\n

like so much energy goes into producing more energy that we’re<\/p>\n

spiraling out of control. If we can’t maintain our focus and create<\/p>\n

more with less then we will never reach Type 1 threshold, and most<\/p>\n

likely we will end up destroying our civilization in wars over energy<\/p>\n

resources. Also, if we don’t ensure a sustainable industrial<\/p>\n

sector,America isn’t going to enjoy much progress when the Chinese and<\/p>\n

Indian economies move towards global dominance.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday at 12:49pm \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"John<\/a><\/p>\n
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John Valencia<\/a><\/p>\n
Flying cars…..<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
11 hours ago<\/abbr> \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Joan<\/a><\/p>\n
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Joan Janik Bodendorf<\/a><\/p>\n
Read J.D. Robb. Junk but fun.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
10 hours ago<\/abbr> \u00b7 Delete<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Folks,\u00a0\u00a0 My panel on 2050 went great.. It’s 2 AM PST (5 AM EST).. and I need to get some sleep.. so I’ll tell you about the panel and the day tomorrow. For now, I’d llike ot thank all the folks who wrote me on Facebook with their predictions. I used some of them !Here … Continue reading Wednesday late night – 2050<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}