"If you don't like technology, a bumpy ride will lie ahead. However, if you do like technology, 2024 is going to be the start of a very wild ride. By 2030, a scant six years away, our world will look oh so different."
I read an article a while back, penned by some lower grade futurist. He was addressing the year 2024. In his opinion, 2024 will be a leap year. Sure, I know it is the Leap Year where we get another day in February. But it will also be a year where our technology takes a huge leap. It will be as if the first three years of this decade were our prep years, leading up to the "big show" in 2024. For that, 2024 could be a real "boom" year. More on that in a minute.
But we also still need to be concerned about the other "BOOM". That would be our two wars growing outside of the confines the have been in. How so? Russia at any time (especially after having another ship severely damaged by Ukraine forces), get so frustrated that it nukes the battlefield. For the first time since World War II, a nuke would have been used during wartime. Then all of a sudden, the stage could be set for World War III.
Or - Gaza. Or should I say Iran. Ever since October, Iran has been poking Israel and the United States, just daring us to respond to their nonsense and butchery. Israel has already responded by going into Gaza to clean it out. But that might be part of Iran's diabolical plan. And Iran proxies have launched over 100 attacked on United States forces in Syria and Iraq. All that to broaden the war. In 2024, should Hezbollah get involved as well as more of Houthi's provocations, the Middle East could really ignite.
However, if we can keep the "dogs of war" contained, we could all be enjoying the other "boom". The tech "boom". For the past couple of days, the YouTube channel has been loaded with articles about the "new items" which are ready to be bought by tech hungry customers. Many of the items are loaded with AI, more so than what we have seen to date. What does this mean? Our "tech curve" is ready to go from a steep incline to almost vertical.
We are on the verge of having a 6th generation fighter for our armed forces. This really is Star Wars stuff. Even our current 5th generation fighter, the F-35, is getting ready for a Block 4 upgrade. This will make the F-35 so advanced to how it was originally designed, some are saying it this jet fighter will act almost "alien". 2024 will be big year for aeronautics. A game changing year.
We will continue to develop quantum computing. This "black box" science of computing will become more mainstream. AI will start to be incorporated into just about everything. Nanotechnology will also become more mainstream as a viable business. Extraordinary things will be made possible by things which are smaller than small. I could go on and on, but I think we all understand. Change will start to happen so fast now in 2024, that changes which used to take a decade, will now take only a year. Soon that year, will only be months.
If you don't like technology, a bumpy ride will lie ahead. However, if you do like technology, 2024 is going to be the start of a very wild ride. By 2030, a scant six years away, our world will look oh so different. Are we entering a brave new world? I hope so. We could also be entering a world like 1984 if we are not careful.
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