What do you think the Internet will be like 10 years from now?

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: enlightenedservant

What point democracy when you don't have freedom of expression.

The internet, for better or for worse, makes us aware of every terrible opinion everybody in the world has on every conceivable subject. It’s a disaster.
You can just immediately vomit up whatever you want online

a reply to: Hecate666
Oh my. It was indeed different.

I started out with a 300 baud modem and The Well. There was no Google or even AOL back then.

I think Q Link was the first, followed by PC Link, then AOL and CompuServe, if my memory serves me right.

We paid for packets though our telephone bill and it could get pricey.

My first computer games were the ones that I had to write myself, then along came Leisure Suit Larry and the rest is history.

Loved Duke Nukem too.

a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn im dusting the dust off the bottle to reveal my true age lol I remember storing all our info on cassette commodore VIC-20 in 1980

a reply to: madenusa
I forgot about that. I wonder if mine is still in the attic.

Moved up to a Sanyo and finally went all in with an IBM XT.

I was hooked from day one.

a reply to: ventian

A machine takeover is a worry, things are heading towards that rapidly, with what i've seen in various industries such as self driving cars. Next it will be medical robotic technology, you're new assigned dr. will be inhuman.

I really hope i'm not here to see that.

a reply to: AMPTAH

I'm fairly sure they've already got more than one, although unecessary, we know who runs them.

a reply to: YouSir

I believe the outernet already exists.

WE will be the internet, people will have the option to have optics which can see and interact in 3-dimensional space. So rather than watching people with faces in devices, they will be spaced out looking swatting the air before their faces.

a reply to: Sapphire

A very good point, especially regarding the medical industry. Most people remember Watson from Jeopardy, but in fact, that computer is actually primarily used in medicine/surgery.

Social media will evolve again, application, sites, come and go. Younger crowds are moving away from Facebook which their parents use.

IMO overall will largely move more toward VR.

a reply to: ventian

I can definitely see where it's going to end. I remember jeopardy but had no knowledge it was used in the medical industry. Thank you for that bit of info.

Connection speeds of terabytes per second.

a reply to: Kromlech

That would be fast, but i can't see it happening for the average citizen. I do see two Internets evolving though. At the rate things are going the web as we know it right now, will be harnessed.

I would love to see an Internet fueled by fibre optics. Could be interesting.

The internet will evolve into a complete scam - As many sites, including some so-called money making forums, are already.

you will be completely enslaved by predatory capitalist/socialists who as an elite will own you and make you pay for all you post - assumnig you still have free will and are able to post.

The only people who will have any degree of freedom are people who can exist completely off the web
- Say like anti-technology groups like the Amish.

a reply to: AlienView

I hope youre wrong son. In ten years there might not be an internet but if you younger generation fight for your rights like we did back in the day and those before us, you might still have a chance to turn it all around.

originally posted by: blackadder01
a reply to: AlienView

I hope youre wrong son. In ten years there might not be an internet but if you younger generation fight for your rights like we did back in the day and those before us, you might still have a chance to turn it all around.

Son? - I'm probably older than you - But does age really matter now?

Awareness does matter - and I doublt even 10 percent of the people [of all ages] on the internet are aware of what's happening. And yes it is hard to define - sort of like a conspiracy within a conspiracry - An illusion of 'freedom' of communication which is relentlessly monitored - and these monitors are collecting data for the purpose of mafketing
- But also for a futurre of complete control - 'they' know what they are doing.

a reply to: Sapphire

In 2027, ATS will still not get an upgrade.
lol

So in terms of what this website will look like - the exact same.
For eternity!

a reply to: muzzleflash

In 2028 Time Travel will rear it's head, so, lets wait and see what happens.

ATS could go Virtual by then.

a reply to: Sapphire

The Future of the Internet will be Based on a " GroupThink " Mentality . It will Consist of Fractioned Factions who have their Own Distinct Belief Systems Based on Geographical and Cultural Dispositions . It will become like a Regional Form of Propaganda used to Manipulate the Masses into a Predetermined Perception of Reality . In Essence , it will Evolve into a Form of Mental Slavery if Not Challenged to become Otherwise........

George Orwell was a Modern Day Prophet , God Help All of Humanity If he is Proven Right.........

a reply to: Zanti Misfit

God i hope not. Either George Orwell was a prophet or he was paid to tell it like his Masters wished him to. All these Writers talking about the future, were probably ordained to. I don't know if you believe in the power of Intent, but i do. And to me, everything Big in our lives was set up to invoke us in that direction.