Keys to the table abbreviations:
Demog = demography
Econ = economics
Environ = environment
GOV = government
Soc = society
Tech = technology
BB = Bob Bean
CL =
JBP = John-Brian Paprock
LL = Louis L
DS =
GL =
LG = Linda Gorchels
R =
KL =
Discuss = came from group discussion
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Category
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When
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Where
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By
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Forecast
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| Demog | 2007 |
BB
|
Weblogs outrank NY Times Web Site by 2007 | |
| Demog |
BB
|
Books will not become obsolete | ||
| Demog |
CL
|
Physical classrooms will be used for labs and field trips, non-physical class rooms for lectures, etc. | ||
| Demog | 10 years |
JBP
|
Epidemics will lead to a decline in non-essential interpersonal contact in the next 10 years. | |
| Demog | 10 years |
JBP
|
Small ethnic groups will no longer be isolated, however some may become “luddite” | |
| Demog |
LL
|
Cheap wireless communications | ||
| Demog |
LL
|
Will be able to connect with someone with the specific knowledge piece one seeks | ||
| Econ |
BB
|
Credits so people can change career paths. | ||
| Econ | 10 to 20 |
CL
|
SRI near term will overtake other investments. | |
| Econ | 20/more |
CL
|
People won't have to work. | |
| Econ | 20/more |
CL
|
Mission will be more important than salary. | |
| Econ |
DS
|
More unemployment | ||
| Econ |
GL
|
Less private property, more corporate property, public will want more public property. | ||
| Econ | 5 to 10 |
JBP
|
Global economics will have more effect locally. | |
| Econ | 5 to 10 |
JBP
|
More private security firms, insurance companies will drive the increase. | |
| Econ |
LG
|
Multinationals will affect local economies. | ||
| Econ |
LL
|
Companies will pass burden of health care costs to end worker | ||
| Econ | 5 to 10 |
R
|
Less free stuff and more fees on the WWW | |
| Econ | 10 years |
R
|
Retirement delayed, Workers will have to work more years. | |
| Econ | 5 to 10 |
Discuss
|
"Money is Power" will become obsolete | |
| Econ | 5 to 10 |
Discuss
|
Web logs will become obsolete | |
| Econ |
Discuss
|
referencedesk.com will outpace google.com | ||
| Environ |
BB
|
Environmental issues will become salient | ||
| Environ | Local |
BB
|
People will band together to protect water | |
| Environ | 10 to 20 | global |
JBP
|
Increased cloning of endangered species (plants and animals), but it won't work to solve pressing environmental issues and loss of environments |
| Environ |
Discuss
|
Population increase plus change in household size will increase pressure on environment |
| Environ | Now | Local |
LL
|
The moon will turn red tonight (fulfilled at lunar eclipse!) |
| GOV |
DS
|
Governmental functions will be contracted to IT | ||
| GOV |
DS
|
IT will allow people to organize to change government | ||
| GOV |
DS
|
Government will decentralize. | ||
| GOV |
DS
|
Virtual Plutocracy | ||
| GOV | 5 to 15 | international |
JBP
|
Greater Push for Theocracies (Islam & Christian) will create mounting global tensions, peaking in the next decade |
| GOV | 2014 | National |
JBP
|
Ninety percent of government will be automated. |
| GOV | 10 years | National |
JBP
|
Euthanasia will become legal, but there will be a big fight. |
| Soc |
BB
|
Will continue to need experts, but we will all need to be generalists, basic education will not go away. | ||
| Soc |
BB
|
You will be able to get any information you want when you want it. | ||
| Soc | 5 to 10 |
JBP
|
Growth of "Information Integration Counseling." | |
| Soc | 5 to 10 |
JBP
|
Thinner line separating illusion and reality will become problematic and epidemic; interpersonal relations and economics will be impacted | |
| Soc | 10 to 20 | National |
KL
|
Universal Healthcare in USA |
| Soc | 10 years | National |
KL
|
Healthcare will change. More tech driven, personalized, efficient, more interaction. |
| Tech |
BB
|
Librarian profession disappears, morphs to information counseling | ||
| Tech | 20+ |
JBP
|
Growing Luddite communities continue to expand and confound the trends of technological advances | |
| Tech | now |
LG
|
Hyper-living leads to high stress |