What do you think the future will be like?
A question to wrestle with is whether governments will step up and start to take some serious action. A related question, a scarier question, is how bad will problems become before governments do take action.
I’m certain that technology will play a significant role in the future; both as a way into trouble and as a way out of trouble.
Sony, a technology leader, are reaching out to bloggers to encourage all of us to think about the future.
That video introduces four scenario concepts;
- Hyper Innovation
- Centralised Survival
- Shared Ownership
- Prosperity Redefined
Each of the scenarios is worthy of a deeper dive. There’s a clip in the FutureScapes video when a woman discusses getting extra credits for – well, the video below goes into the idea of snooping on your neighbours’ energy consumption in more detail.
The video is part of Sony’s Open Planet Ideas which we’ve written about before.
In Pure Spirit
What do you think of this possible vision of the future? Would you watch and report your neighbours’ energy consumption if it was easy to do so, helped save the planet and earned you money?
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post.