"our culture is filled with a dystopian view [...] but what's lost are all these positive developments that don't get the same attention"

@peteleyden gives 9 "inexorable" reasons to be optimistic for 02020 to 02050 in talk at @longnow



1/10

Universal connectivity - likely to have about everyone on planet connected by 2030

2/10

Ubiquitous AI - particularly for natural language processing that can help connect ppl from different cultures

3/10

Accelerated innovation - As a result of above connecting of more ppl with different ideas and points of view

4/10

Genetic understanding - cost curve in genome sequencing is beating Moore's law, still early in CRISPR techniques

5/10

Biological engineering - cell based meat, plastic replacements

6/10

Clean energies - price decrease of solar and others

7/10

Electric mobility - price decrease of car batteries and likely safety improvements

8/10

Generational shift - Millenial and Gen Z attitudes become more relevant given demographic trends

9/10

New majorities - Both within the US, and also global mix of who constitutes "the majority"

10/10