My predictions of the future

Things to meditate on / think about

• http://donottouch.org/ - What kinds of things could be done with that kind of real-time collaboration of hundreds of people (or more)? I found this video to be a pretty powerful experience, it reminded me of being in the band and going to a baptist service. I find there to be something emotionally powerful about being part of a large group of people all acting together as one giant organism. But aside from the emotional part, there could be practical applications.
  • I think the commenting system of Reddit / Facebook already kind of allows for the large-scale collaboration in that everyone can post a comment, but the collaboration is very crude. Comments are just listed one after the other, and people can upvote.
  • The thing is, the video shows a semi-simulated very-rapid collaboration (it's simulated because not everyone is acting at the same time). So the question is, what could be done with such rapid collaboration that cannot be done with the kind of collaboration we already see?

Crowdsourcing is going to be a big deal

• Investing / stock market trading
  
  • Numerai

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