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“If you live in the future”

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Re: “If you live in the future”

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Post by nawitus »

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #8

If you live in the future: You won't drive, autonomous cars will come to pick you up and drop you off, including round trips. That's why 14 out of 15 car dealerships went bust. You won't use paper, all of your receipts, tax documents, contracts, and mail will be digital and sent to a i-mail address assigned to every US citizen. And you'll view all these documents on your "wall screen". Power cords will found no where…

>You'll have an e-ID issued by the government which you can use to sign on securely to important websites that manage your taxes, benefits, payroll,

Funny that you say that, it's pretty much reality in Finland. You can do taxes, apply for benefits etc. online. Not every single thing can be done online just yet, of course.

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Post by LowKarmaAccount »

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #8

If you live in the future: You won't drive, autonomous cars will come to pick you up and drop you off, including round trips. That's why 14 out of 15 car dealerships went bust. You won't use paper, all of your receipts, tax documents, contracts, and mail will be digital and sent to a i-mail address assigned to every US citizen. And you'll view all these documents on your "wall screen". Power cords will found no where…

>Calibrated Brain wave readers and eye cameras in the corners of your room can see what elements on the screen you're looking at and can execute commands based on certain thoughts.

Brain waves (produced by changes in electrical current in your brain) are weak to begin with, and decrease in power in proportion to the square of the distance (1/r^2). That's why anything that reads your brain waves needs a helmet to work.

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Post by michaelhoney »

thoughtcriminal wrote: post #12

If you live in the future, garbage is gold. Garbage will be used to build business empires. Garbage will be sold, sorted, repurposed and resold in ways unimaginable, so determine what future assets you are throwing out. Puts the saying "find something no one else wants to do and make a career out of it" in a whole new light. Bonus Prediction: William Gibson will write a novel about garbage.

Upvote for the bonus prediction.

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Post by krapp »

thoughtcriminal wrote: post #12

If you live in the future, garbage is gold. Garbage will be used to build business empires. Garbage will be sold, sorted, repurposed and resold in ways unimaginable, so determine what future assets you are throwing out. Puts the saying "find something no one else wants to do and make a career out of it" in a whole new light. Bonus Prediction: William Gibson will write a novel about garbage.

Idoru was pretty much about garbage.

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Post by jethroalias97 »

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #3

If you live in the future, 80% of all office jobs will be remote working - so build service office spaces and lots more coffee shops.

People always say that remote working will be the way of the future, but humans remain extremely social animals. So much of what we do is guided by genetics and it seems to be human nature that if you don't see someone's face on a regular basis it is very difficult to create an intimate or trusting relationship.

This seems to be one of the main pain points when it comes to outsourcing work abroad, people seem to work best and collaborate the most when they interact frequently in person. In Pixar Story, I recall Jobs saying he designed the headquarters specifically for unplanned collaboration. As much as the world changes, people remain the same.

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