9 major disruptions going through major disruption to 2050

http://atom.singularity2050.com/3-technological-disruption-is-pervasive-and-deepening.html

1. Artificial Intelligence- creating massive increase in output with minimum input - what will happen to jobs?

2. 3D Printing - changing manufacturing from mass market to specific creation

3. Energy - harnessing natural energy will make it abundant

4. Space Travel - creating new valuable materials ?  No longer the domain of governments vis a vis Spacex

5. Disruption Transport - self driving cars - clean energy - Uber modes 

6. Quantum Computing - silicon chip - becoming redundant 

7. Education - Universities and schools going through major disruption - Vocational education key 

8. Financial Services - Bitcoin and blockchain - new way of transacting 

9. medical Disruptions - genome data collection, research , better diagnosing through research and big data , 3 D - doctors will need to work in collaboration with AI and big data 

Education - 1 of 9 industries going through major disruption

Interesting Insite from ATOM http://atom.singularity2050.com/3-technological-disruption-is-pervasive-and-deepening.html

Automation and outsourcing are causing industries to vanish - employees are being laid off - being forced to find jobs at half their current salary.... if in fact there are jobs ....

and the old economy Is transferring to the gig economy.

One can no longer depend on one job and one source of income - based on the current rate of change - that job will likely be obsolete in a short while. 

The average person will have 14 different careers after school - and skill sets of those jobs will be taught on the job. 

So

Schools and universities need to focus on the skillset of learning to learn and how to nurture relationships and communication .... ie soft skills.

Education, both higher and lower, is being disrupted by the day. 

Many universities with bloated  cost structures and excessive administrative personnel will be 

disrupted by companies that have produced courses and even entire degrees that can be completed online and in a work environment  at a fraction of the cost of an in-residence degree and without the need for relocation.  

Employers such as Google have moved quickly to recognize these alternatives as legitimate substitutes to traditional credentials when evaluating potential hires.  

Degrees are becoming redundant - it's where you have worked before that is becoming relevant .

What happens in an internet minute in 2017?

Over 16 million text messages are sent in one internet minute in 2017.

Image: REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

31 Aug 2017

1. Jeff DesjardinsFounder and editor of Visual Capitalist

Just a month ago, it was revealed that Facebook has more than two billion active monthly users. That means that in any given month, more than 25% of Earth’s population logs in to their Facebook account at least once.

This kind of scale is almost impossible to grasp.

Here’s one attempt to put it in perspective: imagine Yankee Stadium’s seats packed with 50,000 people, and multiply this by a factor of 40,000. That’s about how many different people log into Facebook every month worldwide.

A smaller window

The Yankee Stadium analogy sort of helps, but it’s still very hard to picture.

The scale of the internet is so great, that it doesn’t make sense to look at the information on a monthly basis, or even to use daily figures.

Instead, let’s drill down to just what happens in just one internet minute:

Image: Visual Capitalist 

Created each year by Lori Lewis and Chadd Callahan of Cumulus Media, the above graphic shows the incredible scale of e-commerce, social media, email, and other content creation that happens on the web.

Etherium and blockchain - the future?

 https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/18/ethereum-will-replace-visa-in-a-couple-of-years-says-founder/

Vitalik Buterin - the dude who created Etherium 3 years ago at the age of 19, talks with Naval Ravikant -  Founder and CEO of Angellist..... 

The bottom line - Blockchain will be creating a disruption in the financial industries - and I can see why banks are nervous . 

Naval likens crypto currencies to a brain virus - once you know how they work that's all you think about! 

Buterin segments the world into those that who’s already heard of bitcoin and those who haven't 

So - What is a Crypto currency?

 "A peer to peer digital currency - a Platform for distributed applications in a trusted decentralised way . "

"It's a system to record how much money has been spent and by whom ...How much money a person has the right to spend at any given time "

"A central database to store how much money everyone in the blockchain has" - but the genius is how to create this in a decentralised way - where there is no "central server" 

"A decentralised system that contains some type of shared memory"

Etherium is a bunch of decentralised applications that can be created to account for transactions

Vitalik likened the base of a crypto to a vending machine - A vending machine encoded a set of rules -you  put $2 in machine - water comes out - you don't and water comes out - that's Bad - you do and water comes out - that's good . 

Can replace money Wall Street , protocols , visa - within 5-10 years 

Etherium is about Blockchain that understands a general purpose programming language - Buterin likens it to a platform - similar to an IOS or Android - where applications can be created on the platform 

Blockchain currently processes 3 transactions per second - will max out at 4

Etherium processes 5 will max out at 6

Current transactions - visa , IOT - is 100 of thousands per second - long way for crypto to replace - but it will!

Electric bikes/scooters changing how we live and work

From David Nordfors i4j

When I was in Israel a few weeks ago for DLD I saw how Tel Aviv has been taken over by electric bicycles. They are everywhere. 

The typical e-bike is a minibike that can be propelled either with pedal assist or driven like a scooter. The latter seems to be the more common riding style. 

At this time it’s a head ache, because people ride them like ordinary bicycles, both on streets and pavements - the casualties are mounting. But I am now confident that this is a new global trend - these bikes are too cheap and convenient to not spread everywhere. 

It will change the patterns of communication and organization. We will invent cheaper, more convenient ways of organizing common efforts. 

For example, super markets might get smaller and more evenly distributed, we have already today ebikes for $1600 that can take at least four large shopping bags. With all the bother we have with cars - congested traffic, finding parking, high purchase costs, service costs, complicated and invasive city planning - there must be a lot of opportunities to organize our interactions in better ways with lighter, cheaper, more adaptable and individualized “mini-communication” solutions. 

The innovation ecosystem might be building up for it - from Crunchbase news today:

Gogoro raises $300M for scooters Scooter startup Gogoro announced that it has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round backed by Singapore’s Temasek, Generation Investment Management, and other new and existing investors. Gogoro, which develops both electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure, says it has sold over 34,000 of its “smartscooters” to date.

Helping the homeless in Detroit

The Bob Pritchard Column 

Tiny homes, from 250 to 400 square feet, are being built around the United States for a variety of reasons. Some are designed for affordability, others to be constructed quickly, and some for people who choose to live a minimalist lifestyle.

 

 

In Detroit, an entire neighborhood of tiny houses is under construction, with one primary goal: giving homeless and low-income people the opportunity to own a house.  The first  homes were completed in late 2016.

 

Half of the houses will be occupied by formerly homeless people, with seniors and college students making up the rest of the population. The concept of providing tiny houses for low-income people isn’t new — San Jose, California Austin, Texas and Portland, Oregon have created villages of tiny homes for the homeless.  Research shows the most efficient way to combat homelessness is to provide those living on the streets with homes. 

 

But the Detroit model is different for an important reason: It's the only tiny house community in the country where residents rent to own.  This is not only about about ending homelessness, but ending poverty for these families.

 

When they move in, residents sign a one-year lease with a rent that amounts to no more than one third of their monthly income. They sign new annual leases for their first three years in the home while they comply with the terms.  After three years, they are invited to sign a contract that amounts to the total rent for four subsequent years. After paying that off (seven years after moving in), the resident will legally become the owner of the land and home. Their rent will have bought them the house. 

 

The houses are available for individuals or couples, and are being built by a combination of professional construction workers and volunteers.

 

The neighborhood is also exceptional for another reason: Each tiny home will look unique with 25 individual sets of architectural plans, ranging from Cape Cod to Victorian to Modern styles.  Everything is very different so people have a pride in their home.  Each home requires five weeks of construction and costs an estimated $40,000.

 

The development is completely funded by private money, and grants from organizations like the Ford Motor Company  and the RNR Foundation.

 

The tenants are now part of a homeowners association, which will be involved in the process of choosing future residents. They'll also take part in mandatory monthly classes about financial literacy and home ownership.

 

Unlike many similar residential projects, this Tiny Homes community won't feature communal space for cooking or doing laundry, since that could make it more complicated for residents to sell their homes later. 

 

Locating the homes in a central area of Detroit also sets it apart. They become part of the life of the city, tucked into an existing neighborhood.

 

A brilliant idea to be applauded

2050 - less jobs or more jobs ??

How many and what kind of jobs will be replaced by automation is one of the big debates of our time. Some projections seem dire: About 7.1 million jobs, with two-thirds of them in office and administration, will be lost because of labor market changes in coming years, according to the World Economic Forum. 

Yet some economists suggest that automation can actually increase employment in the industries it transforms.

Less jobs or more jobs - one can be certain - they will be different jobs ..... and with the rate of new knowledge - the key is to be able to learn how to learn - and accept change.

What do you think?