The grammar in the title of this blog makes me cringe. Also, I sort of already answered this question in a previous post - I hope my future will involve travelling into outer space, sentient robots, and ewoks (or any alien life form, really, except for the highly destructive ones - sorry, Borg). I am really excited to see what new technologies will unfold and how society will evolve. To think that just a little over 100 years ago, the first cars were invented - not that cars have changed too particularly much since then (where is my hovercraft dammit?!?) - but it just seems like an ancient time. Some things I am particularly excited about: virtual reality, brain-wave controlled user interfaces, artificial intelligence, tele-immersion, commercial space travel, quantum computing, the unraveling of string theory. In the last decade alone, leaps and bounds have been made in these areas, so, you know...any day now.
Don't believe me? (note: this video is ~ 4 years old)
V[You might want to turn off your sound for this one]V
How about now?
A lot of the technologies I mentioned deal with the creation of a virtual world, and I suppose it makes sense to fear that world, because if people can experience anything in their own personal bubbles, then why would they want to deal with the often-uncomfortable real life? However, I do not think that any technology will make humans completely lazy, or detached from the world around us, because we are a part of that world. And part of emerging technology, such as the Virgin galactic video above, will make the real world even more connected. Imagine being able to travel to anywhere within a couple of hours, even faster than a plane. Ideally, (sci-fi alert!) we'd even come up with the technology to coordinate tiny wormholes between two points, and somehow manage not to get ripped apart on the molecular level by the force of gravity. Instant travel to anywhere. No more waiting/pleading for years just to be able to see my extended family/friends. Fantastic!
As for my personal future, a bit of stability is all I ask for, and a bit of adventure. Preferably set somewhere in California, Europe, or Japan.
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