This is the second chapter of Insights from the Future, a book I’m writing about technology, innovation, and people from the perspective of the future. This chapter is set 14 years from now, and is based on technology I tested at CES 2018 just last week. The book is a collaborative exercise, and you are invited to participate (see below).
For details on the impact this will have on business and success today — and what you might do to prepare — scroll to the bottom of the article.
Incompatible Gesture Languages Disaster: Guest Accidentally Buys $25M In Bitcoin, Bankrupting Host
January 12, 2032
Rochester, NY resident Joseph Black is liquidating his mansion and collection of antique 2000s-era internal combustion cars after a houseguest accidentally purchased no fewer than 160 Bitcoin, worth over $25 million at time of purchase.
His guest blames incompatible gesture languages for the massive miscue.
“I was just trying to switch the walls from ‘White Andes’ which is awesome and all, but a little boring when you want to party, to Hawaiian Sands,” explains Becky Franklin, 18 years of age. “But Joey is on New Millennium, and I’m on Android Ambient.”
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