Every single device that you use today will be a featured piece in a museum in less than 25 years!
— Jim Carroll
Original 2021 statement: Every single device that you use day today will be a featured piece in a museum in less than 25 years
What Jim has written about this
From “Daily Inspiration: “Every single device that you use today will be a featured piece in a museum in less than 25 years!”” (March 2022)
I have in my office an Mp3 player from 1997; it could hold 4 songs. When out for a run, I had to make sure I loaded up the songs I really liked! Today? No one even buys a separate Mp3 device, because our phones have become the basis for the technology, and online streaming like Tidal and Spotify have rendered the concept of a digital music file irrelevant.
Your car dashboard of today is already sending the resale value of your vehicle into the tank - who wants a dashboard from 2018? We are seeing this collapse in value because the vehicle already reflects automotive design thinking of 2010 - automotive companies are having a hard time keeping up with what’s involved in the shift to a technology-dominated future. Who wants an old car that is just 2 years old when it’s already out of date? (Not to mention that as a gas-guzzling relic in the era of electric cars, it’s even less desirable!)
In that post, I suggested that people take a look at some of the things that are a part of their life, and imagine how different they might be in the future. Much of what I covered in that article has yet to come true, but much of what I wrote is closer to reality today than it was yesterday. But check the last item on the list - it seems that I was predicting the Great Resignation. (I was, and was already predicting it back in 1997!) The view outside. For more of us, it won’t be of office towers and concrete jungles, but rather, our yards, the lake we cottage at, or the beach we play on. Ten years out, the concept of “what do you do for a living” will have changed completely to the idea of “what do you like to do?” as the itinerant career begins to dominate.
From “Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to move from triage to tomorrow!”” (January 2023)
There are a lot of things you will use in 10 years that have not yet been invented.
We’ll one day use 3D skin printing technology to deal with medical burns and other complex issues
One day, Apple will be delisted - every company eventually becomes irrelevant
Read the full pieces on jimcarroll.com:
Daily Inspiration: “Every single device that you use today will be a featured piece in a museum in less than 25 years!”
Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to move from triage to tomorrow!”