Science Chats Forum

One of the few blogs I read is written by a venture capitalist in New York City. He gave a talk recently at Google on "disruption". Here's Google's announcement:

I've been thinking about the topic for a few days and wondering myself about what industries are going to see big change in my lifetime and what the future is going to look like.

E.g., I think soon we'll be able to see a detailed breakdown of our home energy consumption by individual appliance. See Google PowerMeter.

What kind of new technologies do you see emerging (realistically) in the next 20, 40, 60 years and how will they affect existing technologies and industries?

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Carrera, I'm curious about what he has to say but was wondering if you could elaborate on this before I commit to watching a 50 minute video. What do they mean by disruptive technology? I mean, gunpowder was a disruptive technology. The printing press was a disruptive technology. If anything I think of the media as a generally pacifying technology, the real opiate of the masses.