Originally Posted by LaNoir
Yes, but how did that change how anyone lived?
The title is asking where do we see the world in 60 years, as if implying that it will be totally different from how it is now.
Free access to satellite photography of a good 95% of the Earth through Google Maps? Which is accessible from anywhere with a modern smartphone, which also didn't exist before the moon flight, which was less than 60 years ago.
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Not everyone uses google earth, most of the world can't even afford a computer.
There are plently of people living with out any of this stuff.
I'm saying that if the world is going to be different in 60 years then something big has to be invented that hasn't already been invented, bringing up the past is irrelavent to the topic at hand
if the world is going to drastically change in 60 years something has to be big enough to make this change noticable by everybody.
There are plently of people living with out any of this stuff.
I'm saying that if the world is going to be different in 60 years then something big has to be invented that hasn't already been invented, bringing up the past is irrelavent to the topic at hand
if the world is going to drastically change in 60 years something has to be big enough to make this change noticable by everybody.
Originally Posted by LaNoir
Yes, but how did that change how anyone lived?
The title is asking where do we see the world in 60 years, as if implying that it will be totally different from how it is now.
I'll back up a bit further, if you like. The first patents for what we would call crude automobiles were granted in the 1870s, about 30 years before the first flight. Would you like to tell me that flight didn't change the world?
The first steam engine locomotive journey took place in 1804, slightly over 60 years before automobiles. Did the invention of cars and trains not change the world either?
Originally Posted by LaNoir
Not everyone uses google earth, most of the world can't even afford a computer.
There are plently of people living with out any of this stuff.
And that takes away from the massive importance of computers... how? The fact that not everyone has a computer does not change the fact that the infrastructure of most of the world is dependent upon them.
Originally Posted by LaNoir
I'm saying that if the world is going to be different in 60 years then something big has to be invented that hasn't already been invented, bringing up the past is irrelavent to the topic at hand
Actually, looking at the past is entirely relevant to the topic at hand. We make predictions about the future based on the trends of the past.
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What I am saying is what can be invented now that can change the world in 60 years?
Almost nothin, unless we can either come up with a way to teleport or something even close to it.
All in all I think that the world will not change drastically in the next 60 years cause what we have already has made such an impact that if we try to change shit it will just mess everything up.
What I am saying is what can be invented now that can change the world in 60 years?
Almost nothin, unless we can either come up with a way to teleport or something even close to it.
All in all I think that the world will not change drastically in the next 60 years cause what we have already has made such an impact that if we try to change shit it will just mess everything up.
I'd like to draw attention to something I said earlier, LaNoir.
Another thing, you say things are not drastically different because everyone cannot notice it.
The Agricultural Revolution has not been noticed by nomadic tribes living in Africa. Teleportation/ Flying cars will not be noticed by everyone, much less be afforded by people other than say billionaires.
Why do you insist that machines like flying cars will be the cause of the next revolution? The internet has given a name for the age we live in today, "The Age of Information." I'd say that's a pretty revolutionary technology.
Another thing, you say things are not drastically different because everyone cannot notice it.
The Agricultural Revolution has not been noticed by nomadic tribes living in Africa. Teleportation/ Flying cars will not be noticed by everyone, much less be afforded by people other than say billionaires.
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