Lifestyle Of The Future

The lifestyle of the future will be very different from what we currently see. With rapid advances in all facets of science and technology, there are things  that future generations will take for granted. Think of it this way, there was a time in our lives when we had payphones and call booths. People would often times buy credit that came in the form of magnetic stripe cards.  When one wanted to make a call, they would first swipe their card then dial in their number of choice. This was all normal and society embraced it. I am sure during that time it made sense, it was innovation and convenience by the telecom companies. Then came the era of the mobile phone, wiping out the payphones. It was innovative and convenient again as one did not have to memorize phone numbers or diarize them anymore. You would just look up the contact, select it, press call and wait to connect. With the example I have just given, there is a high chance that more lifestyle changes will be witnessed as we move into the future. Let us take a look at some of the areas that are likely to alter our lifestyles.

Transportation

This is  one area that is set to dramatically change. Some cars may not even have a driving wheel in the future. The passenger will just come in, enter their destination either through a keypad or voice interface and relax while the car drives them. Several Companies that include Tesla and Waymo are working hard to ensure autonomous vehicles become a thing. Do you think that will be the end of driving licenses? Well, I guess they will still be there but not as popular as they are today with kids turning 16 looking to acquire one. There is also going to be a shift from gasoline powered cars to electric vehicles. Elon Musk estimates that all modes of transportation are likely to go electric save for rockets used for space travel. Still on Elon, he recently proposed a transportation system that uses SpaceX rockets to travel to any part of the world in under 30 minutes. This system would cut the time required to travel most long distance trips. Let us not forget about the Hyperloop and the bullet trains that will connect long-distance cities allowing people to work in one city and live elsewhere. Traffic will not only be restricted to roads alone. The Boring company is working on a tunnel network to decongest city traffic on the road by routing other vehicles through underground tunnel roads.

Workplace

The pandemic has taught us that remote work is possible. In the future, there is a chance that one can setup a home office and then connect to their workplace via the internet. As task management and video conferencing software  improves, we may experience a surge in the adoption of remote work. Digital firms that employ many people globally are  expected to rise, all thanks to the internet. In factories, humans are likely to see a number of robots doing risky jobs and possibly work hand in hand with them. The advances in image recognition, natural language processing and other A.I  disciplines could see these robot coworkers carryout successful conversations with humans at the workplace for example, a restaurant.

Retail

Buying groceries might not be the same anymore. There is a chance that after buying items online they can be delivered by autonomous drones and left in your yard. Companies such as Amazon are already looking into this technology.  KarGo is also active when  it comes to retail items delivery to customers using autonomous vehicles that can navigate the streets to their designated drop off point and return back to base safely.

Education

Just like the workplace, tutoring may end up being delivered online using a full range of technologies. For starters, a video conference call with screen sharing could enable successful delivery of a lecture. Technical subjects could be delivered using specialized equipment such as VR headsets and controllers. An applicable scenario could be a mechanical engineer trying to assemble and test a machine as part of their assessment with the virtual models of the machine parts  loaded into the VR program along with a toolbox.

 Tourism

Are you saving up for a holiday? In the future, expect to have a trip to space as an item on your stuff-to-do list. Companies that include Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and SpaceX are all showing promise to the possibility of space tourism. Would it not be interesting if they built a hotel in space where you can truly experience all things space? It seems impossible now but there is a possibility in the future.

These are some of the areas that may be impacted and in consequence alter our lifestyle. Do you have more? Share with me your ideas in the comments.