Silver, gold, diamonds vs knives, guns and bullets

[Ankesh]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

OK, do you have thoughts on the future?

I like the quote by William Gibson: the future is already here, its just not very evenly distributed.

In the future, we will have everyone's DNA recorded from birth. So that we can help them predict what diseases they are probable to suffer from - and help them take precautions. The health insurance industry will go through a big upheavel until every country starts providing governmental health programs.

Designing babies will be a real thing.

In the future, wearable tech will lead to intrusive tech. People will wear special lenses to keep track of their blood glucose level. All shoes will have embedded tech in their soles that track how much you walk and sit every day. Shirts and pants will regulate body temperature. Voice recognition and hand gestures will lead to brain recognition - you just have to think to call someone.

Hybrid humans will be a field. Operations will be done to enhance people. Maybe instead of wearing shoes to track how much you walk, you could plug this inside your feet itself?

In the future, cars will drive themselves. Once that is proven to be safe, we will finally see aerial cars. Drones will do the deliveries.

We are probably the last generation who will see human to human wars. The next stage of war is drone to human guerilla warfare. Radars will be everywhere.

In the future, physical notes and bills will lead to digital currencies. Every transaction will be trackable. Advertising will be laser focused. Super computers will be everywhere solely comparing your transaction with that of the whole world and determining what next you will buy based on your past behavior.

In the future, cameras will be everywhere and always on. Quite a lot of people will have their own truman show.

In the future, solar and wind will rule. It may be the last 2 decades of heavy fossil fuel usage. Oil and gas generating countries without foresight will have revolutions. You have to become Norway. Not Venezuela.

In the future, countries will try to control their own weather. Leading to unintended consequences to other countries.

The future will be both scary and exciting. And its already here.