"Screens have replaced all current paper media and digital information carriers like DVD and CD. Paper has disappeared completely in the 3D mobile media cloud. We will still listen to music but without owning music CD’s. We will rent information, not own it. Newspapers & magazines are available on screen only. Libraries and bookshops have turned bookless! Publishers have turned into Ebook sellers. Libraries and bookshops have turned into community centers & congress halls in time — or went bankrupt."
24th June 2011, @ForesightAlianz says NO: "They'll last far longer than that". (Read post on Twitter by Foresight Alliance)
Jun 27th, 2011 @Geofutures
(Josh Calder) says NO: "Printed books, the broom is going strong, more than a century after vacuum cleaners arrived
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This bet is part of a series of public bets between Dutch futurist Marcel Bullinga and realists in several fields in the Futurist versus Realist Battle. The bets are linked to Bullinga’s book "Welcome to the Future Cloud – 2025 in 100 Predictions", launched on global trendwatchers site Hall Five.
The Cloud is a world with no paper and no oil. Every office, school and factory has turned into a gaming zone. Social robots do the dirty jobs. The Cloud reduced has traffic jams & caused an economic boom.
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