In two years the whole planet will have high speed access to the internet and the World Wide Web will finally live up to its name. What will happen?
Will we see live footage from the middle of the Sahara, from Antarctica, from ocean going ships, from North Korea? How will that affect Earth’s society as a whole? Will it lead to greater understanding or will everyone go crazy when they learn about all the conspiracy theories that are out there?
Will everyone on the planet have an equal chance to have a better life? Or will the evil regimes drag us all down to their level? Will some countries block the internet and remain isolated? Will there be a big market in black market satellite dishes in China?
Will the world become a global village? Or will there be digital borders? Come and discuss the near future. Bring your online friends from weird countries (if you do not have them, you might soon😊
IM Vulcan Viper, who teaches a meditation class every Wednesday at 1pm in the GeekSpeak auditorium, if you have ideas for new subjects.
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