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09-04-2018, 11:10 AM
(To give you some context) I watched the movie Arrival again.

The technological advancements in the last 200 years have allowed us to communicate rapidly (in real-time) with people all over the world. 

Now looking towards the future, I think the next evolution will be a vast increase in the bandwidth, if you will, of our communications. We will not communicate with words but with emotions and wisdom -- stuff that can't be put into words. And it will have to be using brain-machine interfaces. That's why Elon Musk is involved in NeuraLink. It isn't just for disabled people and for interacting with appliances. It's obviously an answer to making technology ubiquitous, but bandwidth is also important: in the future, our communication must not be limited by words-per-minute (spoken or typed). Pictures speak millions of words, and video chatting is great, but I think in the future, humans will demand even higher bandwidth communication. 

Imagine: you're going through a weird time with lots of stressors. You got into a college but it's a tough decision due to many factors. A doctor, therapist, or a friend asks you "how are you?" and you reply, "fine... " -- Sensing something isn't right, they ask you to WhatsApp your emotions to them. You do. Overwhelmed, they begin to cry as they feel all the stuff you're feeling, all in an instant.

Okay, none of this is a new idea. We've seen it in movies and books before. 

Let's ask the fundamental questions: are we going towards a more social world or a less social world? Why do we communicate to one another in the first place? Is it for knowledge or entertainment? Will most of our communication in the future be with AI rather than other humans? Will we preserve face-to-face human communication into the future the way we preserve rituals, art, and culture? 

In a future where all knowledge is at our fingertips, the smartest AI is available to answer all our questions and keep us entertained with tailor-made on-the-fly music, movies, art, games, and conversations, will we really need flesh-and-blood humans for anything?
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09-16-2018, 02:58 PM
Probably not, I wouldn't be surprised if we are genetic mutations/cyborgs in the next 200 years.
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09-16-2018, 03:10 PM
We can't become cyborgs as there's still people using reddit
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09-16-2018, 03:49 PM
We’re moving to a more social world for sure but how it is Social is changing rapidly.
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09-16-2018, 06:38 PM
I believe the next goal of technology is to advance artificial intelligence to a point where it will become an everyday asset without hopefully being the ruin of humanity like greats like Stephen Hawkins warn about.
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09-17-2018, 12:50 AM
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The future of communication ^
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09-17-2018, 01:36 AM
I think we've been going down the path of a less social world ever since Facebook and social media in general came onto the scene. People don't interact like they used to, anymore. Now it's just a never-ending slot to prove that you have lots of friends, a super interesting life, and no flaws whatsoever. Why do people think mental health, or the lack thereof, has become such a major problem nowadays? Especially amongst the latest generation of kids?

The future will either end up a dystopian Wall-E style mess, or we will all be living in our own simulated realities and do away with the need for each other entirely.

Yikes.
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09-17-2018, 09:07 PM
(09-17-2018, 01:36 AM)Murdoc Wrote: I think we've been going down the path of a less social world ever since Facebook and social media in general came onto the scene. People don't interact like they used to, anymore. Now it's just a never-ending slot to prove that you have lots of friends, a super interesting life, and no flaws whatsoever. Why do people think mental health, or the lack thereof, has become such a major problem nowadays? Especially amongst the latest generation of kids?

The future will either end up a dystopian Wall-E style mess, or we will all be living in our own simulated realities and do away with the need for each other entirely.

Yikes.

I hadn't even ever thought of the idea of simulated realities for the populations.

Wait... Isn't that the Matrix just on an individual scale?
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09-17-2018, 11:55 PM
Hashy is all I need to communicate.
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09-18-2018, 01:39 AM
(09-17-2018, 01:36 AM)Murdoc Wrote: I think we've been going down the path of a less social world ever since Facebook and social media in general came onto the scene. People don't interact like they used to, anymore. Now it's just a never-ending slot to prove that you have lots of friends, a super interesting life, and no flaws whatsoever. Why do people think mental health, or the lack thereof, has become such a major problem nowadays? Especially amongst the latest generation of kids?

The future will either end up a dystopian Wall-E style mess, or we will all be living in our own simulated realities and do away with the need for each other entirely.

Yikes.

I 100% agree
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