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From Internet To Ubernet

From Internet To Ubernet

March 26, 2014 | Tom Olago
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The internet just turned 25 and has made leaps and bounds since its inception – but what will your internet look like in 10 years time? What kind of difference do you expect to see the internet make in your social life, health, safety, work, education, hobbies, entertainment, business and finances and overall life experience?

A new report based on feedback from carefully chosen experts allows us to take a glimpse at what the internet and digital life could look like by 2025 – and although much of it is exciting and only to be expected given current trends and the fast pace of today’s technologies, much of the expected developments are highly disturbing.

Welcome to tomorrow’s “ubernet”.

Bob Unruh in an article for wnd.com, provides an overview of The Pew Research Internet Project-commissioned survey that attracted a wide spectrum of responses as to what the internet will be in 10 years, on  topics of such things as privacy, cybersecurity, the ‘Internet of Things’ and net neutrality.

Responses ranged widely and included such encompassing views as being a “seamless part of how we live our everyday lives” to pessimistic ones such a “very dystopian world that is also profoundly inegalitarian”.  In between the extremes, they reportedly found some striking patterns in the responses of nearly 2,600 experts and technology builders:

Ø   An ambient information environment where accessing the Internet will be effortless and most people will tap into it so easily it will flow through their lives ‘like electricity’. Although it may become more pervasive, the Internet (and computer-mediated communication in general) will be less explicit and visible, partly blending into the background of all we do.

Ø   Mobile, wearable, and embedded computing will be tied together in the Internet of Things, allowing people and their surroundings to tap into artificial intelligence-enhanced cloud-based information storage and sharing.

Ø   Business models for finance, entertainment, publishing and education will be destroyed and rebuilt, and the “physical and social realms” will be mapped.

Ø   A more globally integrated world than ever before, with more planetary friendships, rivalries, romances, work teams, study groups and collaborations.

Ø   Borders will disappear because they simply won’t matter: more than 7 billion humans on this planet will sooner or later be ‘connected’ to each other and fixed destinations, via the Uber (not Inter) net. “When every person on this planet can reach, and communicate two-way, with every other person on this planet, the power of nation-states to control every human inside its geographic boundaries may start to diminish,” said David Hughes, an Internet pioneer.

Ø   Universal access to all human knowledge via “networks networking with networks”.

And although most experts believe “the results of that connectivity will be primarily positive” or “hopeful” as expressed the views presented so far, many of the experts can also clearly identify areas of concern, some of them “extremely threatening”. According to the report, heightened concerns over interpersonal ethics, surveillance, terror, and crime, may lead societies to question how best to establish security and trust while retaining civil liberties – the same essential problems being faced today but at much higher levels, and with more varied and sophisticated dimensions.

Expected challenges and issues raised will include:

Ø   Cyber-terrorism will become commonplace as privacy and confidentiality of any and all personal will become a thing of the past.

Ø   Online ‘diseases’ – mental, physical, social, addictions (psycho-cyber drugs) – will affect families and communities and spread willy-nilly across borders.

Ø   The digital divide will grow and worsen beyond the control of nations or global organizations such as the U.N. This will increasingly polarize the planet between haves and have-nots. Global companies will exploit this polarization. More uprisings, too, will develop because more people will be aware of what others have regarding health care, water, education, food and human rights.

Ø   Digital criminal networks will become realities of the new frontiers. Terrorism, both by organizations and individuals, will be daily realities. The world will become less and less safe, and only personal skills and insights will protect individuals. Given there is strong evidence that people are much more willing to commit petty crimes against people and organizations when they have no face-to-face interaction, the increasing proportion of human interactions mediated by the Internet will continue the trend toward less respect and less integrity in our relations.

Ø   ‘Big Brother’ governments will become much more effective in using the Internet as an instrument of political and social control. Filters will be increasingly valuable and important, and effective and useful filters will be able to charge for their services.

Ø   More people will eventually lose their grounding in the realities of life and work, instead considering those aspects of the world amenable to expression as information “as if they were the whole world.”

In one of the more “neutral’ expected outcomes, data layers will be what filters a view of the world, changing a lot of social practices, such as dating, job interviewing and professional networking, and gaming, as well as policing and espionage.

Marc Rotenberg, of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, made an apt summarized observation: “I hope there will be greater openness, more democratic participation, less centralized control, and greater freedom. But there is nothing predetermined about that outcome. Economic and political forces in the United States are pulling in the opposite direction. So, we are left with a central challenge: will the Internet of 2025 be – a network of freedom and opportunity or the infrastructure of social control?”

If developments over recent years are any indication, then this spells runaway trouble…if privacy and control issues are already way out of control now, what about when the “ubernet” strips away every bit of cover that we have left?  Overall, the benefits look great but are seem to be overwhelmingly overshadowed by the risks and dangers.

Not surprisingly, some of the predicted outcomes are directly in line with Biblical prophesies made thousands of years ago, with talk such as “wearable/implanted technologies” , “global integration”, “borderless countries”, “more uprisings”, “social control”, “ubiquitous information” and so on… and all at “Uber” levels.

Daniel 12:4 reminds us: “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

Consider the comment made by Robert Cannon, Internet law and policy expert, who wrote, “The Internet, automation, and robotics will disrupt the economy as we know it. How will we provide for the humans who can no longer earn money through labor?

The opportunities are simply tremendous. Information, the ability to understand that information, and the ability to act on that information will be available ubiquitously … Or we could become a ‘brave new world’ where the government (or corporate power) knows everything about everyone everywhere and every move can be foreseen, and society is taken over by the elite with control of the technology…

The good news is that the technology that promises to turn our world on its head is also the technology with which we can build our new world. It offers an unbridled ability to collaborate, share, and interact. ‘The best way to predict the future is to invent it.’ It is a very good time to start inventing the future.”

Sadly, it’s the so-called ‘brave new world’ made by man and presided over by the AntiChrist that will prevail, and go from bad to worse, until Jesus Christ returns to set up His eternal Kingdom. Only all who know and serve Him as Savior and Lord will be a part of it. Isaiah 9:7 reads:

 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Now, that’s my kind of “Uber”…

Read more at http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2014/March26/265.html#EusCERuGdwYSIrWk.99
From Internet To Ubernet
March 26, 2014 | Tom Olago
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The internet just turned 25 and has made leaps and bounds since its inception – but what will your internet look like in 10 years time? What kind of difference do you expect to see the internet make in your social life, health, safety, work, education, hobbies, entertainment, business and finances and overall life experience? 
A new report based on feedback from carefully chosen experts allows us to take a glimpse at what the internet and digital life could look like by 2025 – and although much of it is exciting and only to be expected given current trends and the fast pace of today’s technologies, much of the expected developments are highly disturbing.
Welcome to tomorrow’s “ubernet”.
Bob Unruh in an article for wnd.com, provides an overview of The Pew Research Internet Project-commissioned survey that attracted a wide spectrum of responses as to what the internet will be in 10 years, on  topics of such things as privacy, cybersecurity, the ‘Internet of Things’ and net neutrality. 
Responses ranged widely and included such encompassing views as being a “seamless part of how we live our everyday lives” to pessimistic ones such a “very dystopian world that is also profoundly inegalitarian”.  In between the extremes, they reportedly found some striking patterns in the responses of nearly 2,600 experts and technology builders:
Ø   An ambient information environment where accessing the Internet will be effortless and most people will tap into it so easily it will flow through their lives ‘like electricity’. Although it may become more pervasive, the Internet (and computer-mediated communication in general) will be less explicit and visible, partly blending into the background of all we do.
Ø   Mobile, wearable, and embedded computing will be tied together in the Internet of Things, allowing people and their surroundings to tap into artificial intelligence-enhanced cloud-based information storage and sharing.
Ø   Business models for finance, entertainment, publishing and education will be destroyed and rebuilt, and the “physical and social realms” will be mapped.
Ø   A more globally integrated world than ever before, with more planetary friendships, rivalries, romances, work teams, study groups and collaborations.
Ø   Borders will disappear because they simply won’t matter: more than 7 billion humans on this planet will sooner or later be ‘connected’ to each other and fixed destinations, via the Uber (not Inter) net. “When every person on this planet can reach, and communicate two-way, with every other person on this planet, the power of nation-states to control every human inside its geographic boundaries may start to diminish,” said David Hughes, an Internet pioneer.
Ø   Universal access to all human knowledge via “networks networking with networks”.
And although most experts believe “the results of that connectivity will be primarily positive” or “hopeful” as expressed the views presented so far, many of the experts can also clearly identify areas of concern, some of them “extremely threatening”. According to the report, heightened concerns over interpersonal ethics, surveillance, terror, and crime, may lead societies to question how best to establish security and trust while retaining civil liberties – the same essential problems being faced today but at much higher levels, and with more varied and sophisticated dimensions.
Expected challenges and issues raised will include:
Ø   Cyber-terrorism will become commonplace as privacy and confidentiality of any and all personal will become a thing of the past.
Ø   Online ‘diseases’ – mental, physical, social, addictions (psycho-cyber drugs) – will affect families and communities and spread willy-nilly across borders.
Ø   The digital divide will grow and worsen beyond the control of nations or global organizations such as the U.N. This will increasingly polarize the planet between haves and have-nots. Global companies will exploit this polarization. More uprisings, too, will develop because more people will be aware of what others have regarding health care, water, education, food and human rights.
Ø   Digital criminal networks will become realities of the new frontiers. Terrorism, both by organizations and individuals, will be daily realities. The world will become less and less safe, and only personal skills and insights will protect individuals. Given there is strong evidence that people are much more willing to commit petty crimes against people and organizations when they have no face-to-face interaction, the increasing proportion of human interactions mediated by the Internet will continue the trend toward less respect and less integrity in our relations.
Ø   ‘Big Brother’ governments will become much more effective in using the Internet as an instrument of political and social control. Filters will be increasingly valuable and important, and effective and useful filters will be able to charge for their services.
Ø   More people will eventually lose their grounding in the realities of life and work, instead considering those aspects of the world amenable to expression as information “as if they were the whole world.”
In one of the more “neutral’ expected outcomes, data layers will be what filters a view of the world, changing a lot of social practices, such as dating, job interviewing and professional networking, and gaming, as well as policing and espionage.
Marc Rotenberg, of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, made an apt summarized observation: “I hope there will be greater openness, more democratic participation, less centralized control, and greater freedom. But there is nothing predetermined about that outcome. Economic and political forces in the United States are pulling in the opposite direction. So, we are left with a central challenge: will the Internet of 2025 be – a network of freedom and opportunity or the infrastructure of social control?”
If developments over recent years are any indication, then this spells runaway trouble…if privacy and control issues are already way out of control now, what about when the “ubernet” strips away every bit of cover that we have left?  Overall, the benefits look great but are seem to be overwhelmingly overshadowed by the risks and dangers.
Not surprisingly, some of the predicted outcomes are directly in line with Biblical prophesies made thousands of years ago, with talk such as “wearable/implanted technologies” , “global integration”, “borderless countries”, “more uprisings”, “social control”, “ubiquitous information” and so on… and all at “Uber” levels.
Daniel 12:4 reminds us: “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Consider the comment made by Robert Cannon, Internet law and policy expert, who wrote, “The Internet, automation, and robotics will disrupt the economy as we know it. How will we provide for the humans who can no longer earn money through labor? 
The opportunities are simply tremendous. Information, the ability to understand that information, and the ability to act on that information will be available ubiquitously … Or we could become a ‘brave new world’ where the government (or corporate power) knows everything about everyone everywhere and every move can be foreseen, and society is taken over by the elite with control of the technology… 
The good news is that the technology that promises to turn our world on its head is also the technology with which we can build our new world. It offers an unbridled ability to collaborate, share, and interact. ‘The best way to predict the future is to invent it.’ It is a very good time to start inventing the future.”
Sadly, it’s the so-called ‘brave new world’ made by man and presided over by the AntiChrist that will prevail, and go from bad to worse, until Jesus Christ returns to set up His eternal Kingdom. Only all who know and serve Him as Savior and Lord will be a part of it. Isaiah 9:7 reads:
 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Now, that’s my kind of “Uber”…

Read more at http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2014/March26/265.html#EusCERuGdwYSIrWk.99

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