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A variety of views in regard to this issue are reflected in these big thinkers’ imaginings of what may happen by 2025. ‘Social punishment may have to be accompanied by legislation’ Vint Cerf, Google vice president and chief Internet evangelist, responded, “The public will become more sophisticated about security and safety. Corporations and service providers […]
Experts foresee changes across all aspects of life as digital connectivity advances. They predict hyper-personalized interactions, 3D holograms, immersive virtual reality and a deepening dependency upon machines as we navigate our lives.
A range of input by some respondents covered ground not related to the themes highlighted above. Put this in perspective—many things are worse and could have a more devastating effect, including natural disasters and the impacts of rapid online financial transactions Ben Shneiderman, professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, wrote, “Cyberattacks will […]
Experts believe nations, rogue groups, and malicious individuals will step up their assaults on communications networks, targeting institutions, financial services agencies, utilities, and consumers over the next decade. Many also predict effective counter moves will generally contain the damage.
A range of input by some responses covered ground not related to the themes highlighted above. ‘Information underload’ problems will be solved Warren Yoder, executive director of the Public Policy Center of Mississippi, wrote, “There is now a significant information underload (as opposed to an overload.) We can’t get our stuff to do what we […]
Following are additional provocative and thoughtful answers from other respondents, organized in the same format as those in the summary. First, the insights of those who responded “yes” to the question, next the thoughts of those who answered “no,” closing with additional observations. Themes among those who responded ‘yes,’ there will be major cyber attacks […]
Following are additional provocative and thoughtful answers from other respondents, organized in the same format as those in the summary. First, the insights of those who responded “no” to the question about whether a popular and trusted privacy infrastructure would be in place by 2025. After that, there are opinions of those who answered “yes.” […]
Many experts say the rise of embedded and wearable computing will bring the next revolution in digital technology.
A large majority of the technology experts and engaged Internet users who responded to this canvassing—83%—agreed that the Internet/Cloud of Things and embedded and wearable computing will have widespread and beneficial effects by 2025. Most of the responses shared in this report are from people who took credit for their remarks, but a few of […]
This report is the latest research report in a sustained effort throughout 2014 by the Pew Research Center Internet Project to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee (The Web at 25). A February 2014 report from Pew Internet Project tied to the Web’s anniversary looked at […]
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