EcoMod: stardate 2031
2 decades from now
Interesting #LetsBlogOff topic this week: what’s the future look like? Assuming the biosphere hasn’t completely chewed us up & spit us out, here’s what I see.
There will still be materialistic sheeple, who frequent malls that have Minority Report type ads pelting their brains. But I also think there will be a revolution of those who spurn the make & spend, keeping up with the Joneses lifestyle.
Grow Your Own – It’s the Law!
There will be pockets of communities – both urban & rural – that sustain their immediate environment. They’ll grow their own food, take care of their water systems, & recognize the connections between living things big & small.
They’ll use only what they need from the earth. They will synchronize their wake & sleep patterns with the planet, & their diet will be seasonal & locally obtained.
Level 231, please
Learning, communication, gaming and research won’t interfere with the community becoming reintegrated with their physical place – it will enhance it.
The internet will have been reinvented into a more organized information & communication system. It’ll have a dedicated layer for interactive holodecks.
And the more things change…
Margarita infusion, anyone?
The one thing impossible to predict, I think, is electronics. Computers have changed so much. I marvel at this thing every time I sit down at it. I learned how to type on a manual typewriter as a high school junior in 1962. When I finally got an IBM slectric typewriter, I thought I had gone as far as anyone could go in having an efficient way of forming my thoughts. And now this! Absolute night and day.
Mmmmm, margarita, IV!