Eleven Reasons To Be Excited About The Future of Technology

In the year 1820, a person could expect to live less than 35 years, 94% of the global population lived in extreme poverty, and less that 20% of the population was literate. Today, human life expectancy is over 70 years, less that 10% of the global population lives in extreme poverty, and over 80% of people are literate. These improvements are due mainly to advances in technology, beginning in the industrial age and continuing today in the information age.

There are many exciting new technologies that will continue to transform the world and improve human welfare. Here are eleven of them.

  1. Self-Driving Cars
  2. Clean Energy
  3. Virtual and Augmented Reality
  4. Drones and Flying Cars
  5. Artificial Intelligence
  6. Pocket Supercomputers for Everyone
  7. Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains
  8. High-Quality Online Education
  9. Better Food through Science
  10. Computerized Medicine
  11. A New Space Age