I am reading for the other class on a blog by a Futurist at the DaVinci Institute on technological trends and their implications on libraries' future development.
First, to digress a little, I was quite amused by the designation "Futurist". This corroborated what my husband commented on awhile ago that in a place like US, where the country is big, there are more opportunities and novel industries... like DaVinci Institute - "a futurist think tank"?! It is definitely something unheard of in small countries like back home where only pragmatism survives.
Here is a quote from the site I wish to highlight...
"Dr William Crossman, Founder/Director of the CompSpeak 2050 Institute for the Study of Talking Computers and Oral Cultures, predicts that as we say goodbye to keyboards we will begin the transition to a verbal society. He also predicts that by 2050 literacy will be dead."
What I thought was shocking is the prediction that "literacy will be dead". I thought literacy (reading and writing) is evergreen. But looks like I may be wrong. It is just another thing that will not be spared by technological advancement. We spoke about the impact of technology and digital media culture on the future generations in LIS2000 discussion board. The posit that such digital climate will alter thinking and brain functions may not be unfounded. Scarily, it may very well be true...
http://www.futuristspeaker.com/category/future-scenario/
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