We spend inordinate amount of time every day to catch up with the future. We do this by learning things which aligns us with “tomorrow”,
synchronising our capabilities with the needs of the “future”. Once we
transform into more intelligent species, we push our imagination and the
frontiers of science to define a new future. The dynamic future is like the fast
expanding universe with millions of thoughts and ideas spewing into its
enormity every moment. So, what is the
future of future? Let us look at the past and then it will be easier for you to
understand my thoughts about the future of future.
Post the invention of steam engine and the industrial
revolution, mankind have never looked back. Then came the age of computers,
which surprised our imagination with unthinkable levels of speed, accuracy and
automation. Our technological advancements are accelerating at a much higher
speed, than it was before the dawn of internet. The speed of information flow
has been phenomenal. So, with every major breakthrough, the speed at which we
advance have only increased. In other words we are shortening the life of future.
Even the smartest mobile phone becomes obsolete within a year. Our grandfather
would have dreamt of faster and sophisticated cars to evolve in hundred years
but we can imagine piercing through the twilight sky in our flying cars in just
a few decades.
I believe there are two elements which are integral
to this inexorable march of technology – Imagination and Speed. I am not aware if
the speed of imagination can be measured, but in future, humans should be able
to imagine at a speed at which the universe is expanding. To reach that speed,
humans would have transformed into Transhumans (a much advanced human-like species
also referred as “posthuman” supported by gadgets embedded in their bodies).
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