10 things I learned from “The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives (Exponential Technology Series)” by Peter H. Diamandis (Author), Steven Kotler (Author)
This image prompt was "inside the human brain neurons" as Da Vinci.
1. When quantum computers come online they will get faster at an extraordinary rate
It is just the very beginning of quantum computing. However, because of the way it uses cubits to store information the early computers will be working with petabytes of RAM. If you decades, it will be more RAM than we could imagine at this time.
2. Roses law for quantum computing
3. Quantum computing is available to the public now
4. As different technologies combine the capabilities multiply each other in a different form of compounding
Think about what is possible with a cell phone: combining networks, miniaturization, sensors, cameras, batteries and material science. This is converging everywhere with sensors, images, AI, etc.
5. Innovations in business models are part of innovation that is accelerating
Like crypto, Air B&B. Adding "smarts" to things like phones and cars make businesses like Uber possible. Keep your eyes on California: some things that don't seem to make sense at first (like monetizing attention) can be very profitable.
6. There were 140 time zones in the US before the railroads standardized it to 4
"Before the establishment of time zones in 1883, there were over 144 local times in North America. The resulting small time differences between adjacent towns and cities were not critical when it took days to travel from place to place. With the proliferation of railroads, faster travel became possible across many cities and travelers could sometimes arrive at an earlier local time than the one they had left. Due to this lack of time standardization, schedules on the same tracks often could not be coordinated, resulting in collisions. The major railroad companies as a result began to operate on a coordinated system of four time zones starting in 1883." https://www.bts.gov/geospatial/time-zones
7. Custom insurance is a good use case for the etherium blockchain
You can insure a particular trip, get custom health insurance based on a detailed analysis of your health data, etc.
8. Extreme personalization in manufacturing is possible today
Custom clothes use AI body analysis and robotic "looms" to create the fabric for a truly unique one-of-a-kind garment manufactured on demand.
9. Peter H. Diamandis (Author), Steven Kotler (Author) have been living in and creating this kind of future for many years: the tsunami of productivity has arrived and is converging now
They make a compelling case for what is possible today and what will be possible in the very near future.
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