Technologies That Will Reshape Our Lives In 2018: Part I
The Next Step In Human Evolution or Feeding Hungry Ghosts In A Giant Machine?
Seek out some retired and old-world spot, far from the madding crowd, and dream away a sunny week among its drowsy lanes — some half-forgotten nook, hidden away by the fairies, out of reach of the noisy world — some quaint-perched eyrie on the cliffs of Time, from whence the surging waves of the nineteenth century would sound far-off and faint. — Jerome K Jerome, Three Men In A Boat
This article is a first in a three part mini-series designed to give readers an overview as well as a glimpse of the new technologies that will reshape human lives as I write. This mini-series will explore a wide range of technologies from Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Internet, Cryptographic Coins, Automated and Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk’s efforts to create cyborgs and the smart home of the future.
I would characterize 2018 as the year that many technologies mature, move out of childhood right into their teens. The question of which…
