All of the scientific and technological predictions of yesteryear come true!
Pretty short sighted. Mainly an extrapolation of today’s tech with an unfounded belief in renewable energy and a focus on improving the Internet. Meanwhile, I think he grossly under estimates the impact of 3D printing and consigns quantum computing to the also ran category.
Right. Such stories are almost always mainly extrapolations or expansions on today’s tech.
As late as the 60s some of the best SF writer were writing stories in which computers didn’t play much of a role.
Sort of by definition, nobody sees the truly game-changing stuff coming.
And thin. Each section was 3-4 sentences of obviousness. Take energy storage, all they think about is electric cars but I think about the value of smoothing the grid. Right now we subsidize the heck out of at-home power generation as shown in their slide with solar panels on a roof. That is pretty stupid since the actual need is not to create more (unreliable) power when it is not needed, but to store power for when it is needed. The latter is what needs to be subsidized based on reliability.
The revolution will come as soon as they toss the politically correct, green is good mantra, and let unbiased engineers determine what is valuable and pay people for that value.
All of the scientific and technological predictions of yesteryear come true!
It may be that some of the technologies cited, or even ones not cited may contain the answer to improving the economy and well-being of the country. The one insurmountable obstacle, though, is the interference of government.
Specifically, a government controlled by rabid liberal ideologues. The reason why these any these things won’t work for the economy is these ideologues are not interested in fulfillment of individuals or the improvement of the economy. The only things they are interested in are complete control of the economy and its assets’ dispersion equally throughout the populace that support their office and power.
Great power. Yes, great power. But not the kind these technologies may or may not represent for the free individual. And, to the extent any one of these technologies, or any other for that matte,r can help them fulfill their goals, it won’t be because of freedom or free-market capitalism.
Want to have fun? Look into TechShop. I spent time there with my son-in-law, helping him build prototypes of electronic equipment he later sells in large production elsewhere. Lots of expensive equipment to play with, along with courses on how to use the tech, including 3D printers. We spent a lot of time on $250G CNC machines, on the cheap, making control panels and parts from aluminum, steel and stainless steel. He then used metal brakes and powder coat tools while there and finished fabrication. Techies who will create future technology may be at TechShop using their equipment. You want to play but not commit big bucks in equipment, check out TechShop.