Topical Discussion 4: Prediction Future Trends

• 80% of all doctor visits will have been replaced by automated exams.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 Bitcoin 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 (Links to an external site.).
• 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 (Links to an external site.).
• 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 (Links to an external site.).
• 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 (Links to an external site.).
• 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 (Links to an external site.).
• 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 (Links to an external site.).
• traditional pharmaceuticals will be replaced by hyper-individualized medicines that are manufactured at the time they are ordered. Details here (Links to an external site.).
• we will have seen the revival of the first mated pair of an extinct species. Details here (Links to an external site.).
• 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 (Links to an external site.).
• marijuana will be legalized in all 50 states in the U.S. and half of all foreign countries. Details here (Links to an external site.).
• cable television will no longer exist.
• a small number of companies will begin calculating their labor costs with something called “synaptical currency.” Details here (Links to an external site.).
• it will be common to use next generation search engines to search the physical world. Details here (Links to an external site.).
• basic computer programming will be considered a core skill required in over 20% of all jobs. Details here (Links to an external site.).
• we will have seen multiple attempts to send a probe to the center of the earth. Details here (Links to an external site.).
• a form of tube transportation, inspired by Hyperloop (Links to an external site.)and ET3 (Links to an external site.), will be well on its way to becoming the world’s largest infrastructure project. Details here (Links to an external site.).

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!