Predicting the future on the Web’s 25th anniversary

Pew reporting:

Experts say the Internet will become ‘like electricity’ over the next decade–less visible, yet more deeply embedded in people’s lives, with many good and potentially bad results...

Mostly-hopeful 2025 scenarios identified by the experts

• Information sharing over the Internet will be so effortlessly interwoven into daily life that it will become invisible, flowing like electricity, often through machine intermediaries.
• The spread of the Internet will enhance global connectivity, fostering more positive relationships among societies.
• The Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and big data will make people more aware of their world and their own behavior.
• Augmented reality and wearable devices will be implemented to monitor and give quick feedback on daily life, especially in regard to personal health.
• Political awareness and action will be facilitated and more peaceful change, and more public uprisings like the Arab Spring will emerge..
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