How Technology could Cause an Instant Global Awakening

Imagine technology that enabled 2 people’s brains to momentarily sync.

In in instant, both people would immediately not just know every thought and action each other has ever had. They would actually have experienced it (as far as they know).

Now, imagine that same technology scaled large enough to “sync” every single person on the planet, for 60 seconds.

Instant Global Awakening.

For geeks, think of:

• Telepathy (aka Professor X).
• Vulcan Mind Meld.

It’s the same thing, but instead of cool but impossible magic powers (Trust me that would be “Plan A,” but my extensive research of trying to grab the remote control using “The Force,” isn’t looking very promising at the moment.

However, we can invent… and as impossible as this idea sounds, it could be done, with immense R&D, a bottomless pit of money, and a lifetime.

Most (or all) of the people starting the project would never live to see the result, but it would give your life purpose. We’d be building heaven, but never get to go…

What about our kids?

…and theirs?

Randomly thought of that… the same effect is happening with the gradual extinction of privacy, and our ability to instantly communicate.

It’d still be faster, but then you run into:

Is it wrong to force everyone to do something once, if it means putting an end to so much pain? Who gets to make that decision?

Think.
Have Ideas.
Be Wrong.

What in the World is The Backwards Time Machine?

We’re not looking to travel back to 1985 here, folks. We’re not going to see ourselves being born.

The Backwards Time Machine is based on the concept of “future problem solving.”

– Looking at past trends

– Looking at current trends

– Using this information to make educated predictions about what will happen next. 2 years from now, 5 years from now, 10/20 years out.

– Developing a big picture view of what the future has in store for society.

– Based on this vision, brainstorming the main problems that will pop up as a result of the new technology and societal trends.

– Narrowing it down to the most likely problems.

– Based on these problems, brainstorming solutions that prevent or minimize the damage.

– Narrowing the solutions down to most likely to solve the problem.

– Making plans several years in advance to actively introduce the future trends into society in the best possible way

The Way the World Works Now

– We do aggressively look for ways to innovate and come up with the next big thing, with no idea what the effects will be.

– We roll out new tech and ideas ASAP.

– We then use metrics and current observations to discover the complaints.

– We retroactively try to fix and solve them.

This is precisely why technology as an industry is seen as gadgets and fun. There is a large portion of society that sees technology as causing problems and creating more chaos and less humanity. They are correct, but it’s not technology’s fault, it’s a result of not thinking ahead.

Corporations play a large part of the problem, due to the way they operate. The main objective is how much money can be made next quarter. They don’t invest resources to do Future Problem Solving.

Summary

None of the technological concepts that will roll out in the next ten years were not predicted 10 years ago. I’d say MIT invented about every major tech invention dreamt up 30 years ago.

The ideal is to know what’s coming next, develop it first, but also have a full understanding of the residual effects. It is extremely possible to prevent the problems before they arise, it just needs to be done.

Technology holds the key to solving problems never before thought solvable. However, it requires foresight and using imagination many years in advance.

We have the potential to take back control of tech, not adjusting to it. We can prevent global conflict, and make our lives more enjoyable and productive.

So, that’s what the Backwards Time Machine is. It’s not looking at a quote from Einstein and saying, “man, he nailed it years ahead of his time. It’s about us getting it right the first time.

 

How Technology could Cause an Instant Global Awakening

Imagine technology that enabled 2 people’s brains to momentarily sync.

In in instant, both people would immediately not just know every thought and action each other has ever had. They would actually have experienced it (as far as they know).

Now, imagine that same technology scaled large enough to “sync” every single person on the planet, for 60 seconds.

Instant Global Awakening.

For geeks, think of:

• Telepathy (aka Professor X).
• Vulcan Mind Meld.

It’s the same thing, but instead of cool but impossible magic powers (Trust me that would be “Plan A,” but my extensive research of trying to grab the remote control using “The Force,” isn’t looking very promising at the moment.

However, we can invent… and as impossible as this idea sounds, it could be done, with immense R&D, a bottomless pit of money, and a lifetime.

Most (or all) of the people starting the project would never live to see the result, but it would give your life purpose. We’d be building heaven, but never get to go…

What about our kids?

…and theirs?

Randomly thought of that… the same effect is happening with the gradual extinction of privacy, and our ability to instantly communicate.

It’d still be faster, but then you run into:

Is it wrong to force everyone to do something once, if it means putting an end to so much pain? Who gets to make that decision?

Think.
Have Ideas.
Be Wrong.

He was dismissed by an editor who stated the reason was that he lacked imagination and had no sensible ideas.

These days, Disney pools in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks round the world; however the filmmaker himself had a little rough beginning.

Subsequently, Walt Disney started variety of companies that didn’t last too long and all over was surrounded with bankruptcy and failure.

He eventually found a direction for success that worked…