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March 31, 2003
Want a glimpse of the future?
Way back in 2000, I was a keynote speaker at <a href="http://www.next20years.com/">The Next 20 Years</a> conference in LA. My <a href="http://www.martinandalex.com/Y2020predictions.htm">predictions</a> were basically trend line extrapolations of the major technology trends. It is very interesting to see that we are still very much on track for the things I talked about.
Lately I have been thinking about where this wild technology ride takes us and have found some interesting voices weighing in on the subject. One particularly scary one is <a href="http://www.futurefeedforward.com/">futurefeedforward: Wal-Mart Opens First 'All You Can Live' Township</a>. The warped vision of the future, but one that could happen. And in fact most of the articles there are very logical extensions of current trends. Not very far out in whack space. Now this is not science fiction, this exercise is more like scenario based predictions. Given recent history, current technology, and probably future technologies, what will different businesses look like? There is another book of fiction about the future that I really liked, but can't seem to find right now. I will post later.
The real interesting thing is how our personal lives will be different in the near or forseeable future. I will keep thinking about that.
Posted by Martin at March 31, 2003 6:42 PM
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