The Future of Internet III, Janna Anderson, PEW Internet and American Life (Dec 14)
"A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves.
They disagree about whether this will lead to more social tolerance, more forgiving human relations, or better home lives. "
Some predictions are expected: more mobile devices and use, and voice recognition technologies; but some are frightening. To list a couple:
+ "The divisions between personal time and work time and between physical and virtual reality will be further erased for everyone who is connected, and the results will be mixed in their impact on basic social relations. "
+ "The transparency of people and organizations will increase, but that will not necessarily yield more personal integrity, social tolerance, or forgiveness."
Posted by Gwen at December 16, 2008 01:30 AM