2050 According To Kaspersky
What will the world be like in the year 2050? Will we still be around even? Will we have finished that station on the moon? Will we even have returned to the moon by then, or would we have skipped that station and travel straight to the Red Planet?
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Even if these aren't exactly the questions answered on Kaspesky's website dedicated to the year 2050, I've nevertheless been lost there for quite some time when I discovered it. You all know Kaspersky Lab from their world famous antivirus protection and internet security software. This is not about their software though; I've heard a lot of good and bad things about it, but have never used it myself and am therefore not qualified to give any opinion on that.
This post is mainly to introduce to you their brilliant website Earth 2050. This website is gorgeous; it consists of a 3D wire-frame model of Earth, with scattered throughout the planet's surface, bright clickable hotspots that lead you to predictions made by a scientist, futurologist, artist or other notable person from that city or place. Part of their core business has to do with making predictions about future security risks; as a programmer of security software I guess part of the game is trying to stay one step ahead of not only the competition, but the hackers and other cyber-criminals too, and that may well be where part of the inspiration for this project came from.
In fact, they have gathered predictions and future visions for the years 2030, 2040 and 2050, so visitors can go on a virtual trip to the future, jumping a decade at a time. I haven't gone through all of them yet, but some of the predictions are quite surprising, while others are to be expected, like the one about self-driving cars. In 2050 mobile phones will be out of fashion and will most likely be replaced by augmented reality devices. Virtual reality will have become the main method of consuming media as well as the main vehicle for education and leisure alike. Well known theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science, Michio Kaku goes as far as to predict that in 2050 the "brain net" will have arrived. Neurosciences and computer technology will have developed to the point where we can send memories and emotions across the internet, whatever the internet will look like then. Maybe with next gen cryptocurrencies and publicly shared quantum-blockchains running the virtual web 6.0?
Also many artists try to convey this future vision through beautiful concept art, to create, in their own words, ""a visual time-machine... In any case, there's tons of interesting stuff to discover here, and if you're a bit of a dreamer like myself, I highly recommend you give the site a try right here. Or watch the brief introductory video first:
Earth 2050: a glimpse into the future
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I love the way that you attempt (and usually succeed) in writing the most compelling, thought provoking posts.
I looked at the earth 2050 site, with the thought in mind that i could possibly die before seeing what the world has in store. I found it quite interesting from a technological standpoint about what material changes and advancements might occur.
I didn't however see much about how mankind would deal with a few major security issues which could potential destroy or negatively impact the earth .
im thinking the website is fairly new, but i was surprised since the site is about future security risks, and i saw not much to indicate attention to the welfare of plant and animal life or disaster planning.
this to me is a major shortfall, because without our planets goodwill in creating clean air, water and crops, we are nothing.
And I love your responses @torico 😍 Also, I think you're right again. I still haven't watched it all, but so far only thing I see are some pessimistic prognoses about humankind's destructive nature. The predictions are there, also the general sense that we'll be transferring to much more sustainable forms sources energy, like solar and wind, but as you say, I haven't seen any specific plans on there yet. It's an ongoing project though, so maybe there will be some additions in the future...
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