There has been a Cambrian explosion of Web 3.0 apps. Let's make sure this evolution continues for decades to come.
Internet 2030
The internet was founded on ideals of freedom and empowering prosperity. In 2020, that vision has deviated: the capture of web infrastructure by a handful of dominant tech giants, the rise of “surveillance capitalism,” the emergence of fake news and disinformation wars across all of society. Will we fix these problems before they consume us? What will the internet be like in 10 years' time?
Web 3.0
As the internet shifts to the open, decentralized standards of Web 3.0, can we find a balance between competition and cooperation?
Privacy and surveillance
The next 10 years will witness the systematic manipulation of human life at a scale unrivaled in history. For all the recent controversies over privacy and surveillance, the real threat is ahead of us.
Amy Webb, a quantitative futurist, thinks the future can, indeed, get worse.