Food supply stopped being a major limiting factor for population when it became for practical purposes unlimited in access. When it comes to communication, we're not nearly at that level yet. Even the most technophiliac of us are practically offline for at least hours every day. Wearables and/or implants with high-speed wireless networking can (and, I think, will) bring communication to a different level than anything possible to experience today.
And I think it's quite natural that you don't find today much different from 1961. I don't expect 2045 to feel any different from 2003 by the time I get there. It's from a perspective of today that I expect it to feel mondo weird. It's easier to swallow a cow one hamburger at a time than all at once, so to speak.
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Date: 2003-10-13 03:28 am (UTC)Food supply stopped being a major limiting factor for population when it became for practical purposes unlimited in access. When it comes to communication, we're not nearly at that level yet. Even the most technophiliac of us are practically offline for at least hours every day. Wearables and/or implants with high-speed wireless networking can (and, I think, will) bring communication to a different level than anything possible to experience today.
And I think it's quite natural that you don't find today much different from 1961. I don't expect 2045 to feel any different from 2003 by the time I get there. It's from a perspective of today that I expect it to feel mondo weird. It's easier to swallow a cow one hamburger at a time than all at once, so to speak.