==== World In 2034 ====

<blockquote>
So here's my takeaway list of bullet-points for 2034:

  * It's going to superficially resemble 2014.

  * However, every object in the real world is going to be providing a constant stream of metadata about its environment — and I mean every object.

  * The frameworks used for channeling this firehose of environment data are going to be insecure and ramshackle, with foundations built on decades-old design errors.

  * The commercial internet funding model of 1994 — advertising — is still influential, and its blind-spots underpin the attitude of the internet of things to our privacy and security.

  * How physical products are manufactured and distributed may be quite different from 2014. In particular, expect more 3D printing at end-points and less long-range shipment of centrally manufactured products. But in many cases, how we use the products may be the same.

  * The continuing trend towards fewer people being employed in manufacturing, and greater automation of service jobs, will continue: our current societal model, whereby we work to earn money with which to buy the goods and services we need may not be sustainable in the face of a continuing squeeze on employment. But since when has consistency or coherency or even humanity been a prerequisite of any human civilization in history? We'll muddle on, even when an objective observer might look at us and shake her head in despair.

</blockquote>

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/06/yapcna-2014-keynote-programmin.html