Glen Hiemstra, Founder and CEO of Futurist.com presents the closing Keynote to the annual meeting of the Virginia Cable TV Association on Nov. 12, 2013 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Glen reviews the most important events, trends, and developments shaping the coming decade, from customer demographics to sustainability and home security, to economic disparity and ability to pay, to industry churn and the issues of privacy and transparency. The major focus is the future of technology including 3D connectivity, internet of things, artificial intelligence, quantified health, big data, new currencies, and more.
13. median age of native-born
Latinos is 18
median age all Latinos is 27
vs. 42 for non-Hispanic
whites in U.S.
67,000 U.S. Latinos turn 18
each month, (93% are
citizens)
40% of U.S. population
growth 2013-2030 will be
Hispanic (77% of growth will
be minorities)
14. Millennial workers 18-31 years old
Comfortable with diversity, globalization, 24/7
connectivity, rapid change
50% would rather have no job than hate their job
Expect fast advancement, high expectations
Want variety
Skilled at information seeking
33. In the next 20 years PC’s will be
replaced by millions of tiny
intelligent systems embedded in
our clothes, jewelry, cars,
furniture, and walls. They will
recognize voice commands and
carry out simple wishes. They
will cost less than a penny, less
than scrap paper, so companies
which do not put chips
[intelligence] in all their products
will be at a severe disadvantage.
Michio Kaku