Not long ago, I was discussing with a highly respected and successful internet thinker and entrepreneur. His list of credentials exceeds that of anyone on the subject. We got to talking about the reality of innovation and adaptation online. We talked about mobile internet usage, 4-G technologies, iPhones, touch panels, real-time GPS data, social media, and even e-commerce.
It was a brilliant conversation, and well, it’s a shame you couldn’t have been there, but in the future, you may be able to tune in to those conversations wherever they happen in your iPhone video conferencing app. So, think about that while I summarize what we discussed here.
The internet entrepreneur stated that we will soon have; “Real-time e-commerce as in (Have the coke you’re looking at in your hand in less than 30 minutes) Distribution centers that can support this.
In fact, I agree. Web Van was too early and ill-conceived, but he could have made it work without spending a billion dollars in venture capital money. If Tom Monahan, a Catholic, could crack a pizza in 30 minutes or less, yes, I think he’s right, why not? My city is very service oriented, I’m sure I could order a six pack and be here in 30 minutes now. And soon you will be able to ask for it in the park while walking your dog with your Google Phone.
Of course, the problem is also hackers, whether they are disruptive Chinese patriotic hackers, cyber thieves, or even cyber warfare people sponsored by a rogue nation-state somewhere in the world. Our internet entrepreneur stated: “Cyber warfare, the ability to work for an Indian company from Buffalo over a Wi-Fi network, and, if mankind isn’t careful, the worst form of debilitating singularity the weak minds of billions. I love the Internet.”
Well, I see a lot going on as a writer already, but I’m sure you see similar issues as the price drops due to online deals and a host of new English speaking authors entering the fray. Eventually I think we’ll find the AI writing fiction and non-fiction, the game is getting really interesting. AI cyber war bots register as friends on social networks and use social engineering to gain information and thus access as well.
The advanced Internet technologies entrepreneur noted that innovation in corporations has become a bulleted corporate buzzword, not the revolutionary force needed to compete in the new paradigm of the interactive Internet. He explained that if the rest of civilization kept up with the level of innovation online, we would have sustainable transportation in the US and better land use and development, along with high-speed rail as well.
That’s doable, I agreed, and it would be more efficient, so there’s a good chance of doing it, at some point in the future. All it takes is a visionary entrepreneur to bring that to America on a large scale, as it’s already happening in many places on a small scale, then duplicated and copied. I can see that concept taking off and I asked; Have you put pencil and paper with a plan?
Efficiency in a civilization helps us do everything we do better, so why not merge the Internet to solve real problems in the real world? I mean think about Overstock [dot] com and their model, or all the nonprofits that collect unsold Starbucks items at the end of the day, or food co-ops, etc., and that happens every day in the US on a small scale, in many other countries, it’s just a necessity, they can’t afford to waste anything if people are starving.
We need to be thinking here and merge these realities and combine a better future without blurring our life experience, please consider all of this.