Wednesday, August 27

Change can only Accelerate



In 1966, the average price of a gallon of gas was $.30...

This was the same price I paid for a pack of 20 cigarettes, 2 McDonald's hamburgers, one ticket for a seat in a movie theater.


In 1966, I had graduated from high school and was getting to attend my first semester of college in North Carolina where the tuition + books + room/board was $1,500...  Yes, this was the amount for TWO SEMESTERS.


It is also true that this was almost 60 YEARS AGO and there has been a lot of changes in a HALF CENTURY.


Now, think this through if you don't mind...

I have shared with you some changes from 1966-2026...

Imagine what the changes might be from 2026-2086...

Consider these possibilities:

  • Flying vehicles
  • Three-dimensional travel in urban areas
  • Robot sex toys for adults
  • Smart house with robots
  • No more cancer deaths
  • Bio-engineered children
  • Food replicators
  • Miniature computers implanted in wrists
  • Vacations on Mars
  • Education infused into our brains instead of HS or colleges
  • Robot law enforcement/soldiers
  • Space stations orbiting the earth housing a million residents instead of living on earth

Technological change is taking place quicker and quicker and sixty years from 2026, our technological change could possibly be happening every month or sooner.  You will be inundated with change.

I thought change from 1966-2026 was happening quick...  almost too quick for many of us...  but a piece of cake for those in their teens or early twenties...  how will they cope with change when they reach their 60s/70s?


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