... as you guys probably know, I spend a lot of time ruminating on these type of thoughts,.... I think the time has come, for ALL of us *as humanity*, no matter which field we are employed in, or walk of life we come from, to ask, and hopefully answer, these questions.

Here are some of them:

1) Where will humanity be after automation, ie. after computers (and robots) take our jobs over? To what extent has this already happened in YOUR country (please mention which country you come from), and what is the future? And to what extent are YOU, personally, affected by it? (since there are people here like RodeoSchro who are in the corporate arena, and ThisOne also mentioned a boardroom recently, didn't she...?)

Where do you personally STAND on this issue? Do you think humans SHOULD, at all, do things machines can do? Isn't it BENEATH us??

2) To what extent has e-commerce replaced physical shops in YOUR place of residence? Where is all this going? Will physical shops go away altogether?? A very pertinent question for a *Prince* board, I might add.

3) To what extent has the web replaced traditional media like paper newspapers/magazines, TV, radio, etc? Where do YOU, personally, get your news from? Do you like, or favour, the web?

...those are *some*. Feel free to ask more questions of your own...

domainator2010 said:

... as you guys probably know, I spend a lot of time ruminating on these type of thoughts,.... I think the time has come, for ALL of us *as humanity*, no matter which field we are employed in, or walk of life we come from, to ask, and hopefully answer, these questions.

Here are some of them:

1) Where will humanity be after automation, ie. after computers (and robots) take our jobs over? To what extent has this already happened in YOUR country (please mention which country you come from), and what is the future? And to what extent are YOU, personally, affected by it? (since there are people here like RodeoSchro who are in the corporate arena, and ThisOne also mentioned a boardroom recently, didn't she...?)

Where do you personally STAND on this issue? Do you think humans SHOULD, at all, do things machines can do? Isn't it BENEATH us??

2) To what extent has e-commerce replaced physical shops in YOUR place of residence? Where is all this going? Will physical shops go away altogether?? A very pertinent question for a *Prince* board, I might add.

3) To what extent has the web replaced traditional media like paper newspapers/magazines, TV, radio, etc? Where do YOU, personally, get your news from? Do you like, or favour, the web?

...those are *some*. Feel free to ask more questions of your own...

Check this guy out. He'll give you some idea where things are headed.

Ray Kurzweil

It'll probably scare the living daylights out of you but at least you won't be all shocked and oblivious when much of it comes to pass.


It would be nice if we'd all work together to help solve all the bad problems of the world but that doesn't work, it never has so I'm no longer rumenating about such ideas. I'll do what I can in my little neck of the woods and hopefully that'll make somekind of ripple that helps more.

I'm all for moving outwards, flaws and all.

The internet might be the least of our worries.

What's gonna happen to humanity after the oil runs out.

It looks like we're coming up on the end of oil in about 50 years if estimations are correct.

It's shocking that for something that took a few hundred million years to produce, something so valuable, will be used up in a few short centuries.

People fail to realize that it's a non renewable fuel source, and WAY undervalued.

They say money rules the world. They're wrong.

Oil rules the world.

morningsong said:

Check this guy out. He'll give you some idea where things are headed.

Ray Kurzweil

I've heard that name, but - I want YOUR thoughts, as a general member of the public. Not his.

domainator2010 said:

Do not worry, we won't saty here for long. So we won'thave the chance to see that.

domainator2010 said:

EmmaMcG said: Personally, I'm not affected by machines and if anything, technology has only helped my line of work.

Interesting you say this - in fact, I'm still quite hazy as to what you actually do, but you've *mentioned* modelling at least, in the past, I've wondered this about you - if Pinstagram, and Interest, or whatever those things are called, and Facebook, and Faceparty, and blah blah blah, are Free - then who will pay you for your picture??!! Are you scared??

If you're an actress, then - um, I think the net has definitely *changed* your field beyond recognition - if you wanna make a TV show, you can simply *upload* to Youtube, and potentially make a million bucks!! - beats hunting around for a "deal", right? S'your opinion?

Amazon and itunes are a minute %age of what I was talking about - what about clothes shops, and shoe shops, and book shops, and phone shops, etc, etc, etc.??!! Which ones remain in YOUR city?? Which ones will?

...and what IS Twitter, btw? Can you explain it to me? YOU seem to get it, at least....?

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domainator2010 said:

I meant those questions in the abstract - not YOU specifically, necessarily. What will models IN GENERAL do? Do they have a livelihood after the internet?? There are hot chix available on the net in the thousands....? Will modelling as a *profession* disappear??

Do you think there is a reason for physical, say, clothes shops to survive? - where do YOU, personally, do YOUR shopping, in fact? (Physically or online?) And WHY? What about other items? How do you decide between the two?

Twitter - so that's what it is? You can post what you're doing right now on it? I don't gettit, and das da trooth - seems like the HUGEST bunch of STINKING BULLSHIT to me....?!! Why is that worth hundreds of millions of dollars??!!

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..hey - I just Googled "fair city" - was just wondering whether it was a teen soap or not - doesn't appear to be....? I've often wondered whether things like this would work in India, with these kind of storylines n all.....so, fascinating to talk to somebody who's actually been in one....

I think no matter how reliant we get on the internet, there will always be someone out there who will offer an alternative to all of it ... probably because that someone will be looking to make a buck or two.

I can picture it now ... hipsters in a hundred years time thinking how cool and kitsch it is to go to a 'shop' to make a purchase 'over the counter' ... "Ooo, look how cool and alternative we are. I might even use actual cash like they did in the old days".

You'll never completely eliminate shops anyway. Online is convenient but you'll always have the need for a pint of milk right there and then when you're on the drive home, or that late night kebab when you're on the way home from the pub.

domainator2010 said:

domainator2010 said:

DaveT said:

You'll never completely eliminate shops anyway. Online is convenient but you'll always have the need for a pint of milk right there and then when you're on the drive home, or that late night kebab when you're on the way home from the pub.

True - but what it has done to India is beyond belief!! We've jumped over one stage of human development, basically, and gone straight from unorganised sector small shops, jumping over corporate physical retail (ie. supermarkets and department stores),... - straight to online!! It's almost UNBELIEVABLE to see and experience what's happening around these parts!

...couldn't have been MORE welcome!

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EmmaMcG said:

I'm not on Twitter myself but I think the reason it's worth so much is because there are millions, maybe billions (I don't know the exact numbers) of people who are and they are all available to be advertised at. Which makes Twitter a very valuable commodity for advertising agencies and businesses.

Hang on Hang on! - start from the beginning and explain to me what it IS first - AS I SAID.

domainator2010 said:

We haven't established anything - a "social network for people who to post nonsense about their lives" sounds like THIS site, and a hundred other sites out there.... what makes *Twitter* different? If people know that it is, in fact, NONSENSE that's being posted, then why would they read it??

I need a clearer explanation of the site's functionality - how do people there find each other, for instance? If I sign up, and there are 99999999 others there, how'm I supposed to find a friend, the one or ones *I* want to be friends with?? Can you query it, no. 2) ? - "How many crazy Irish girls out here like RED shoes?" ....stuff like that?

...and most importantly, can these people not all simply TALK to each other, FACE TO FACE, in the FIRST place??!!!

domainator2010 said:

I fail to see how I'm to make that decision without knowing anything about it....! Btw - you or anybody else: What does "following" someone mean?

^ Legalized stalking with boundaries.

...and also, just to point out - Emma, in the same thread where you railed against people posting private information about themselves, you've written down just about your entire life history! - or at least, your *work* history!! Not the wisest move, girlfriend!

Edit it.

domainator2010 said:

...on the topic of which - WHY EXACTLY are our posts here Googlable?? How do we get them to stop it?

I also see that "GD" stops at PAge 2 and has for some time - does that mean that posts beyond Page 2 simply get deleted from the server? Actually I, personally would have no problems with that - but as it seems now, it seems the worst possible situation has come about: *I* can't read my old posts, (excepting using the Google search box maybe) but Google can!!!!!

domainator2010 said:

ah you're right! thanks!