Future! Week 10

Just by typing "Future of the Internet" on Google I was able to see so many predictions coming from so many experts. Just by reading all these articles it makes me excited, nervous and a bit worried at the same time. Although some of the predictions seem, way off, I was still not able to ignore those articles considering how fast our internet developed in the recent years. Who would have ever expected Facebook, Google, Twitter and all these websites during the early day? Even for now everything could come from out finger tips and the Internet just made life so much easier. Some good aspects might be that people are more connected, life became more efficient and entertaining (in a way). Anyways, getting back to the topic some of the predictions that really caught my eyes was from an article written from Business Insiders. 

Firstly, within five years, Eric Schmidt who is the chairman of Google predicted that everyone would be able to gain access to the Internet. Moreover, even objects like the washing machine and other households would also be able to function like the Internet. As of for me if Google and these huge companies come together and spend billions of dollars in making this possible this might actually be possible. Secondly, jumping to the prediction of 10 years was the part that actually made me worried a bit as well. David Hughes predicted that the Internet would be able to create its own digital nation. In other words, people with similar interest groups will come together and form their own huge boundaries. Although it seems like this is already happening it makes me worried that countries might be starting to lose their culture. The worldview of the individual would be the center point and the traditional culture that a certain country had might be getting destroyed. 

Thinking about what kinds of impact the Internet would do to us is actually quite infinite. Who would be able to say that those predictions would be impossible when they saw what we have already accomplished?