Charlie Chaplin once said that cinema was just a fad. In 1936, the New York Times wrote that "the rocket will never be able to leave the Earth's atmosphere." In 1955, Variety magazine reported that rock n 'roll would disappear by June of that year.
Predicting her future technology it's rather silly. But it certainly hasn't stopped us from doing.
On Tuesday, the Pew Research Internet Project and Imagining The Internet Center of his University Elon they tried to shed light on how our online life would look like 2025, publishing the predictions of academics and scientists.
Until 2025…
You'll Forget That The Internet Is There.
"The Internet (and computer communication in general) will be more pervasive, but less clear and visible," says David Clark, a senior researcher in the Department of Computer Science and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT. “To some extent, it will exist in the background in everything we do.” Joe Touch, director of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute, agrees. We won't think about searching the internet, we'll just do it.”
The Internet will be better than any Teacher.
With existing resources such as Wikipedia and Khan Academy, the Internet currently provides access in education like never before. Many of the academics surveyed believe these resources will only get better over time. Hal Varian, Google's chief economist, believes that “the biggest impact on the world will be universal access to all human knowledge. The smartest face in the world today it could be behind a plow in India or China. Allowing access and communication over the internet to this person—or millions of others like him or her—could have a profound effect on the development of the human race.”
The Internet will prove that Orwell was right
Hong Xue, director of the Institute for Internet Policy and Law at Beijing Normal University, cites Orwell's predictions, and envisions a future where "people will live in a transparent world like 1984." Many of those surveyed did so to envision an increase in data and information as a way to improve medicine, education, transportation and life in general, while others feared it would lead to increased discrimination and marginalization, which will allow the government to justify an institutionalized oppression.
The Internet will change so quickly that we will not be able to prevent it.
Φιλόσοφος και θεωρητικός της επικοινωνίας Marshall McLuhan είπε κάποτε, “Διαμορφώνουμε τα εργαλεία μας και στη συνέχεια τα εργαλεία μας, μας διαμορφώνουν.” Πολλοί από τους σχολιαστές της έρευνας του Pew φαίνεται να συμφωνούν. Καθώς η technology εξελίσσεται και εξελίσσεται με πρωτοφανείς ρυθμούς, υπάρχουν ανησυχίες για το ότι θα αποτύχουμε να αναγνωρίσουμε πιθανές συνέπειες και παγίδες. Ένας ερωτώμενος ο οποίος προτίμησε να διατηρήσει την ανωνυμία ανέφερε: “οι πληροφορίες που θέλουμε, θα γυρίσουν πάνω μας, καθώς τα δίκτυα μαθαίνουν να προβλέπουν με ακρίβεια τα συμφέροντα και τις αδυναμίες μας … αυτό θα μας βάλει στον πειρασμό να σταματήσουμε την αναζήτηση της γνώσης, να στενέψουμε τους ορίζοντές μας, ακόμη και το να ερευνούμε ολοένα και πιο βαθιά.”
The Internet will eradicate Geography.
"When every person on this planet can reach, and communicate in two ways, with any other person on this planet, the power of nation-states to control man with geographical boundaries will begin to wane," said David Hughes, pioneer. of telecommunications.
The Internet will make us Amazing Monks
Bob Briscoe, chief researcher at British Telecom, is concerned that while interactions may increase, they are also becoming more superficial and unsustainable. Others believe that global connectivity will lead to local isolation - and insist that while a "global village" could have its benefits, there is no doubt that it can make people feel isolated.
Internet Internet The Internet will not even exist.
This can be the most advanced and difficult prediction. Retired software engineer Robert McGrath believes there is a 50/50 chance that the Internet will not exist at all. Citing cyber-attacks, McGrath speculates that the World Wide Web could kneel - dragging the economy and the world as we know it.
It was first published by Huffington Post
