Predictions for the Future

Check out this website. The site, Long Bets, contains predictions for the future submitted by users. There are predictions way back from 2002 to ones submitted this year. Here are a few extracts from the site:

Gregory W. Webster predicts: "That by 2020 a wearable device will be available that will use voice recognition capability and high-volume storage to monitor and index conversations you have or conversations which occur in your vicinity for later searching as supplemental memory."

Bob Rosenberg predicts: "By the end of 2012, more than 50% of the root servers on the internet will be located outside the United States."

marc s. sokol predicts: "In 2012, 75 percept of all revenue for enterprise software companies will be from subscription fees rather than license fees."

Alex K. Rubin predicts: "By the year 2150, over 50% of schools in the USA or Western Europe will require classes in defending against robot attacks."

Douglas C. Hewes predicts: "By 2025 at least 50% of all U.S. citizens residing within the United States will have some form of technology embedded in their bodies for the purpose of tracking and identification."

Interesting ... not so sure about the robot attacks though.