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Measuring the rate of THE FUTURE

Started by Junkenstein, June 02, 2014, 10:17:56 PM

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Junkenstein

June 02, 2014, 10:17:56 PM
We all have various ideas about what THE FUTURE will bring, both good and bad.

What I don't really have is an objective way to measure the incoming rate of future beyond "oh shit it's happened". To this end, I propose some kind of psuedo wisdom of crowds bullshit to attempt to measure the approximate rate of incoming future. I would suggest this can probably be done somewhat simply by using shit you encounter/use on a day to day basis. Consider the following and have a stab at what YOU would think to be likely in 5/10/25 year terms. Don't worry overmuch about how accurate your actual guess is, as through the magical bullshit of wisdom of crowds your answer will be averaged into the actual truth because the some people can pretend the world works that way. Seriously.

Internet - Main browsing device (Currently PC/Laptop/Phone) 5-Phone/smartbook 10-phone/wearable always on tech 25-wearable, always on tech exclusively.

Mass Transport (currently car) 5 - car 10- electric car 25 - electric car, moving towards connected high speed rail

Currency (Currently cash, digital overtaking) 5 - Little cash, Largely digital 10 - Cash relatively rare, digital payment the norm 25 - Cash worth small sums gone, non digital, traceable, "accountable" transactions viewed with suspicion.


And so on. Expand it to other areas as you please, this is more a starting point.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

The Good Reverend Roger

#1
June 02, 2014, 10:28:48 PM
Today, car.  Tomorrow, bus.  Next, horse drawn cart.  Last, eat horses, have captured slaves pull cart.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Raz Tech

#2
June 02, 2014, 11:35:24 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 02, 2014, 10:28:48 PM
Today, car.  Tomorrow, bus.  Next, horse drawn cart.  Last, eat horses, have captured slaves pull cart.
The Good Reverend Roger's all-encompassing theory of societal regression?

I can't wait until I'm able to poop outside without being ostracized for it.

The Good Reverend Roger

#3
June 03, 2014, 02:59:07 AM
Quote from: Raz Tech on June 02, 2014, 11:35:24 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 02, 2014, 10:28:48 PM
Today, car.  Tomorrow, bus.  Next, horse drawn cart.  Last, eat horses, have captured slaves pull cart.
The Good Reverend Roger's all-encompassing theory of societal regression?

I can't wait until I'm able to poop outside without being ostracized for it.

You will now rate pooping as a means of measuring the future, as in the OP.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

P3nT4gR4m

#4
June 03, 2014, 08:14:04 AM
Computation

5yr - 50% wearables
10yr - 100% wearables, increasingly discrete (glasses become contacts become tiny little datacenters in our bloodstream) semi ubiquitous with some basic neuronal interfaces available
25yr - Ubiquitous, direct neural interface. Computation from the users POV is something they do in their head.

Materials and fab

5yr - Graphene replacing more and more metal, plastic and electronics applications. 3D printing begins to really disrupt manufacturing and distribution infrastructure on a global scale
10yr - Smart materials with embedded computation and solar energy capture can change shape and structure on command.  The internet of things matures into a fully developed ecosystem
25yr - total control of matter at atomic scale sometime around here

Medicine and cybernetics

5yr - Increasing number of printable organs and biological parts, upgraded robotic limb and organ fuctions become available
10yr - Currently existing diseases eradicated. New glitch-based conditions will probably emerge. Life expectancy about double what it is today.
25yr - Cybernetic and bioengineered augmentation becomes commonplace. Immortality and personality backup/uploading available

I'm up to my arse in Brexit Numpties, but I want more.  Target-rich environments are the new sexy.
Not actually a meat product.
Ass-Kicking & Foot-Stomping Ancient Master of SHIT FUCK FUCK FUCK
Awful and Bent Behemothic Results of Last Night's Painful Squat.
High Altitude Haggis-Filled Sex Bucket From Beyond Time and Space.
Internet Monkey Person of Filthy and Immoral Pygmy-Porn Wart Contagion
Octomom Auxillary Heat Exchanger Repairman
walking the fine line line between genius and batshit fucking crazy

"computation is a pattern in the spacetime arrangement of particles, and it's not the particles but the pattern that really matters! Matter doesn't matter." -- Max Tegmark

Raz Tech

#5
June 03, 2014, 12:40:38 PM Last Edit: June 03, 2014, 03:41:10 PM by Raz Tech
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 03, 2014, 02:59:07 AM
Quote from: Raz Tech on June 02, 2014, 11:35:24 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 02, 2014, 10:28:48 PM
Today, car.  Tomorrow, bus.  Next, horse drawn cart.  Last, eat horses, have captured slaves pull cart.
The Good Reverend Roger's all-encompassing theory of societal regression?

I can't wait until I'm able to poop outside without being ostracized for it.

You will now rate pooping as a means of measuring the future, as in the OP.

Pooping:
5yr- Building of outhouses mandatory to replace toilets and lower water consumption
10yr- Pooping outside of outhouses mandatory to reduce wood used to create outhouses
25yr- People no longer allowed to use toilet paper or leaves to wipe, in an effort to stop trees from being marred with human waste.  People must now scoot across the ground like a dog to clean their bottom.  Poison Ivy outbreaks at an all time high.

The Good Reverend Roger

#6
June 03, 2014, 02:15:49 PM
Quote from: Raz Tech on June 03, 2014, 12:40:38 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 03, 2014, 02:59:07 AM
Quote from: Raz Tech on June 02, 2014, 11:35:24 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 02, 2014, 10:28:48 PM
Today, car.  Tomorrow, bus.  Next, horse drawn cart.  Last, eat horses, have captured slaves pull cart.
The Good Reverend Roger's all-encompassing theory of societal regression?

I can't wait until I'm able to poop outside without being ostracized for it.

You will now rate pooping as a means of measuring the future, as in the OP.

Pooping:
5yr- Building of outhouses mandatory to replace toilets and lower water consumption
10yr- Pooping outside of outhouses mandatory to reduce wood used to create outhouses
25yr- People no longer allowed to use toilet paper or leaves to wipe, in an effort to stop trees from being marred with human waste.  People must now scoot across the ground like a dog to clean there bottom.  Poison Ivy outbreaks at an all time high.

1.   :lulz::mittens:

2.  "Their".  THEIR.  THEIR.  :rogpipe:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Raz Tech

#7
June 03, 2014, 02:37:35 PM
I feel ashamed now.  Please forgive my grammatical transgressions.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#8
June 03, 2014, 03:35:50 PM
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Junkenstein

#9
June 03, 2014, 03:58:14 PM
That feels like something I should have fucking written.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#10
June 03, 2014, 04:00:19 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on June 03, 2014, 03:58:14 PM
That feels like something I should have fucking written.

:lulz:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#11
June 03, 2014, 05:55:24 PM
Quote from: Raz Tech on June 03, 2014, 02:37:35 PM
I feel ashamed now.  Please forgive my grammatical transgressions.

Don't look to ME for absolution.  That's the Queen's job.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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