To be completely honest, I was pretty much BS’ing on the Web 3.0 thing. Those catchy marketing terms that mean almost anything and nothing at the same time are unstoppable.

–Shawn

#9 – I am extremely interested to see what larger social changes will emerge (and then stick, long-term) based on current economic issues. I am hoping the US will move towards a less materialistic, consumerist culture. We’ll see.

#8, #4, #1 – I certainly hope so. I believe Al Gore’s stance that environmentalism will only take off when it becomes cheap and easy for the general public. The past 20 years has proved that efforts sustainable only by folks willing to pay much more for a similar alternative aren’t sustainable. I’m hoping very much that the next 5 years will bring exponential leaps forward in making green choices cheaper and easier to make.

#7 – That would be great. I’ve said for a long time that $100 a month should cover ALL my family’s in-home and mobile communication and entertainment needs. There shouldn’t be digital phone on top of internet on top of an added cost for premium speed connection, on top of 300 cable channels I never watch. Give me a menu and let me pick what I want for $100. If digital broadcast + tivo/dvr will do it, hallelujah.

#6 – I’ve read some interesting articles in Wired about that over the last year. I do wonder when the balance will tip to the point that computerized intelligence will trump human intelligence. (Is it possible we’re already there?)

#5 – I wish that would expand into overall medical care. The US medical and education systems are in such a sorry shape. Here’s hoping we can fix it during our generation.

#7: I’m not so sure. Some who’ve already switched are finding that some stations that have already begun broadcasting don’t have the same “reach” as their analog signal did (i.e., they lost a channel they had before). This may drive some folks (back) to cable/satellite.

#3: That’d be great but when are the prices on organic goods going to come down so that mainstream America can afford them?

#2:Hmmm…so, to play devil’s advocate here, instead of worrying about programmers of the proprietary voting machines “tampering” with election results, now we can worry about tampering from every Joe, Dick, or Harry from Russia or Tunisia who worked on the source code and left themselves a secret “back door” to hack into later on. Might the transparency of “open source” have its dangers too?