Ja, den som kan si det med sikkerhet har en lys fremtid. Det nest beste er å gjøre en kvalifisert gjetning (som i praksis er det eneste gangbare). Det er mange som gjør det (les: trendanalyser), og her om dagen datt jeg over en kul måte å gjøre det på med infografikk.

Det er en analyse av Michell Zappa i noe han kaller “Envisioning technology” som han forklarer slik:

Envisioning technology is a speculative and subjective overview of potential future technologies. Based on personal research and observations, this map is intended to facilitate predictions of where the technium is going, as well as provoke thought and stimulate debate. Due to the intrinsic difficulty of speculation, the visualization is not to be interpreted as a roadmap, but rather as a point of reference for those investigating (or designing) the future of technology.

Her er forklaringen: “The visualization is composed of a dozen hubs Hub from which a series of nodes Node spread out. Each hub represents an important area of development to which actual technologies (shown as nodes) belong. The center of the map marks where we are today, and the further out points indicate how far into the future each technology is predicted to become mainstream. The visualization also attempts to distinguish the predicted importance of each area, shown by the relative size of the nodes.”

Resten av forklaringen finnes her. Jeg er teknolog som lever av fremtiden, så dette er noe jeg liker. Kanskje noe for deg også?