2020 CONDITIONS CONVERGENCE & CONSCIOUSNESS

Although predictions are not the focus of this forum, they are necessary at times to demonstrate and validate the accuracy of thought birthed through interdependent consciousness. As in some other posts containing predictions, we feel it is important that the interpretations and applications of the principles we present are found to be both practical and timely. It is also crucial that we temper the presentation of these predictions by not focusing on the "emergence" of new apps or inventions, but rather on the societal impact; that is, the effects caused by these innovations. It is only through focusing on the nature of the influential waves of progress at work that will we be able to see and appreciate these changes to our culture and consciousness.
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The progressions in this writing will stress applying the "mentality" of the future into our present day thinking because the future is now! This article describes the new accelerating trends that are having the most significant effect and greatest impact on society over the shortest time span in history. With the simultaneous deployment, convergence and manipulation of spontaneously occurring events there comes unexpected consequences. Newly gained freedoms civilly, religiously and socially are forcing us all to reconsider the tenor of our mutual coexistence. Our planet and people have matured, evolved and reached a new stage of development. It is broadening acceptance and loosening many of the traditional restraints imposed upon its occupants through governmental, cultural and religious beliefs. Greater freedom comes at a cost of expanding liberties and responsibilities.  Now more than ever, whatever happens to any of us affects all of us. Independent diversified thinking fosters divergent classes and causes. As smaller groups find common ground they tend to unite. Although these individual sects appear isolated, they should not be regarded as separate disconnected entities. Uniqueness and differences must be valued and included as part of the whole. The planets connective tissues supplemented by modern day multimedia and communication are forcing us to find common ground idealistically whether we want to or not. Regardless of our cultural, historical or religious differences today we are socially, economically, environmentally and technically linked. This includes production, trade and waste. We are experiencing the knee jerk reflexes of a planet reacting to a conjoined world that hosts a species of uncooperative inhabitants called humans. Humans are the most selfish species among all inhabitants and have as much of a problem among themselves as they do with the rest of nature. Not only do people malfunction in small family units but even more so in larger community units. Our planet embodies the spiritual, physical and mental attitude of the people inhabiting it. We are in charge of creating an environment that will have the desired effects on our behavior, climate, consciousness, genetic and technical endeavors.
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There has always been a force blending everything together. We called it nature. Nature's balance of energy is no longer the predominate controller of climate man is. Nature's energy is no longer the predominate influence of beliefs, education is. Science has slowly succeeded superstition and our beliefs are evolving as well. Our awareness of the inter connectivity of all things and our role in maintaining those bonds have created a new mandate for us. We must respond in a way we've never had to do before. What used to be natures job, balancing things, has now become the responsibility of man. The greatest concerns of 2020 will be missed by the masses. Many people's attention will be drawn to the glaring contrasts among the clearly changing and simultaneously confusing confluence of overwhelming issues. Others will get caught up in the hype of entertaining, automated "dummy them down" gizmos and gadgets.  Few from the "masses" will comprehend what the leaders of the "classes" will be trying to do. The key word here is trying. The phenomena we are dealing with are snowballing and each have a domino effect one upon the other. This is the advent that results in just as many desirable and delightful effects as dreadful and undesirable ones. It is and will increasingly be overwhelming.  It's here don't blink.

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The primary realization we must come to is that "THE FUTURE IS HERE, NOW."  We have arrived! We have the technologies to birth by selective creativity. There is now more certainty in determining the appearance and behavior of both our products and offspring. We are far more predictable than most of us realize. People have underestimated the processing power of these manufactured devices we depend on. They are not only instructive, but they are also adaptive and predictive. Decades ago, there was a saying, "You Can't Predict the Weather," but that's not true. We have become accustomed to and even expect fairly accurate forecasts from the science of meteorology. Our understanding of human reproduction and behavior is just as good as our understanding of the weather. Human behaviors and traits are highly predictable. Just as we've explored and mapped our planet, we've mapped the human genome. To further add to our knowledge, we have exploited the unlimited processing power of those machines designed by us to crunch and interpret data. We named them computers. By equipping them with tools like analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning we have designed and enabled these machines to evolve in their ability to perform any task we request of them. The faster we get them to process and deliver results, the quicker we advance at an accelerated pace to an unknown destination. ​Advancements that traditionally occurred gradually are overwhelming the preparedness of society to understand or deal with them.  There is not enough time to consider and measure their impact as they're deployed and embraced rapidly. We are moving faster and faster. The hustle and bustle of society has evolved into a haste and keep pace convoluted race. Our "on demand" expectations coupled with an "instant gratification" mentality has society in a rush. As a result, technology is accommodating our unprecedented lack of patience. The "acceleration" may not be detected at first, but once it is fully recognized steering will probably become a better option then braking. Today most things, events, occurrences and behaviors are highly predictable. The old proverb depicting the improbability of finding a needle in a haystack is not only "dated" but obsolete.  The needle can now be located with multiple technologies through methods that drastically expands our abilities to distinguish by specifications, select by probability or detect by elimination.  We can now find the needle by eliminating all of the hay. Today's data mining along with the algorithms, programs and processing power of modern computing has been grossly underrated by the general public. Most programmers, scientist and futurists have failed to take into consideration that code, just as all the other man-made automation, has a "functional personality" inherited from its designer.  What we are beginning to recognize however is that code has "gender." There is a new phenomenon permeating society worldwide in business, commerce, genetics, medicine, science, sports and politics.  What makes it phenomenal is that each of the individual areas under the effects of Metcalf's and Moore's law grows and accelerates change in the others. Things are far beyond what they seem to be. Most of us underestimate the processing (thinking) power of ever expanding and evolving computer derived strategies capable of obtaining any objective desired. The world is on an unalterable course of coalescence, collaboration and ultimately cooperation. The new awareness of our interdependence is endemic and should be embraced throughout the world. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link! The more connected we become, the more important it is that we leave no one behind. We must be aware that the shrinking window of opportunity available for us to have a say in determining what is done, who does it and how we do it is closing quickly!

The practices and policies governing how we implement and/or apply new technologies are being developed right now.  Without taking a seat at the "TABLE OF THE NOW" we will compromise our influence and position at the "TABLE OF THE THEN." Not only is it important as to who is at the table, but it is mutually important to determine what is on the table. If we fail to include a cross section of people representative of each of us, it will be difficult to address the full spectrum of issues that will affect all of us. It is essential to recognize that we are in a distinctly unique period in time. This is an unparalleled period of existence that marks a new beginning (a new birth). Previously acceptable ​solve or resolve techniques are not applicable in today's world. New age problems require new age thinking and applications. 

It is unlikely and impossible to accurately describe or pinpoint any specific event occurring in the near present now. Humanity can easily see itself through a kaleidoscope of lenses. Here are seven broad areas that reflect an overall trend in the way society now must operate. These categories, listed randomly, include (1) healthcare and medicine, followed by (2) transportation and shipping, (3) communication and socializing, (4) education and religion, (5) sports and recreation, (6) governments, politics and industry along with (7) weather and nature. The mass deployment of software engaging predictability, probability and analytical projections will take information brokering to new levels. Data mining will employ multiple methods for crunching information that will yield results at unprecedented levels. Our remedial society will be forced to begin embracing the benefits realized through prescribing and implementing preventative strategies. We will experience a change in our thinking consciousness ranging from health and medical innovations to nature and weather manipulations. We must begin to practice those old adages that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and that a stitch in time saves nine! 

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(1) As long as people get injured or sick healthcare and medicine will continue to be as important to address in the future as it is now. Our approach to healthcare is evolving as the demands are changing.  Rather than going to the doctor, the remote doctor will be coming back to us.  Rather than going to the hospital, the remote hospital will be coming to us.  Rather than going to therapy, remote therapy will be coming to us. Doctors, nurses and therapist will be individually assigned but collectively linked to patients. Managing multiple healthcare providers will now require logistical coordination across multiple platforms. Modular policies and practices with portable, scalable and practical methods of implementation will expand healthcare into multiple facilities. This will include hospitals, homes recreation and workplaces. The definition of sickness will expand. We are now in the midst of categorizing new sicknesses with new symptoms. Mental healthcare is finally being recognized and prioritized as important as physical healthcare.  As we continue to recognize many of the social and psychological side effects from systemic sensory overload. These maladies along with life navigational issues will usher in a new type of health care crisis. The current Alzheimer's crisis is just the tip of the iceberg. We have concentrated on physical maladies so long that we've obscured or ignored the underlying mental associations. Mental Healthcare issues are emerging (just being recognized) at an exponential rate similar to that depicted in Metcalf's and Moore's law. This will result in new emerging industries centered around the overwhelming demand of so many people requiring assistance to negotiate through the quickly evolving landscape. Simply helping people connect the dots will become an industry within industries. We are approaching a time where heart disease and cancer will be considered somewhat manageable maladies like blood pressure and diabetes. Eventually even metastasis will be considered treatable. Watch out for the surge of fraudulent treatments and therapies promising miracle cures and remedies. Precision medicine and customized healthcare based on background, ethnicity, gender, geography, genetics, habits and other factors will become critical components in the diagnostics of precise medical care. The integration of color, sound and light therapies with traditional practices will become quite normal. As the logic of preventative care technologies make more economic sense, the politics surrounding healthcare will become a moot point. The new dawn of tailor-made birth control and screened selective abortion will expand into eugenics and genetic manipulation. There will be many new battles on unexpected frontiers with gender identity, freedom of expression and freedom of writing or speech. Expect controversy regarding the widespread applications for designer babies, human cloning in terms of body doubles, alterations and substitutes. Hence our emerging consciousness, cultural and moral acceptance standards will be constantly examined and painstakingly redefined.

(2) Transporting, shipping, storage and assembly models are quietly being redefined. This is occurring right along with streets, sidewalks and other public infrastructure. Factory fabrication, production and assembly is decentralizing. We are favoring more efficient methods. New transportation policies including micro-transit are combining to allow both free and paid on demand access to multiple interrelated systems. New efficiency policies will lead to an increase in commerce and a reduction in costs while simultaneously decreasing traffic bottlenecks. As the options, necessities and opportunities to travel grow, many less privileged people are taking part in relocating and moving. More and more people are exploring the freedom of taking journeys and having adventures. Whether actual or virtual people are increasingly desiring a seat at the table of "great experiences." Whenever another item is added to the new world wide menu we will find some way to make it available to as many people as possible. The common denominator for most new inventions will be the capabilities and liabilities of their integration. Merging multiple autonomous homes, vehicles and everything else comes with a string of compromises. Safety and security require a fine balancing act with ease and accessibility. Among residential access, mobile devices and transportation systems people will be tracked. Managed transportation grids will be regarded as one of the most efficient modes of navigation. Monitored and integrated roadways delivering precise travel times is now becoming a common dashboard app. The line between autonomous and non-autonomous programs, apps or personal assistants is being increasingly blurred. Our dependency on devices of all kinds is broadening and their ability to sync with and talk to one another is expanding. The pool of information shared among and between our everyday gadgets and the right to exchange is growing and is up for grabs. The deployment of so many new technologies simultaneously are causing our existing devices to become dated quickly. The need to travel is actually decreasing while the desire to travel grows. As we increase efficiency, the speed at which we "physically move" and the pace at which we "interact" will have to be factored into our ever-changing lifestyles. Recognizing and redefining many of the symptoms and side effects of these new age "Techo-maladies" will be another controversial task within itself. Once we recognize these next generation junkies will we approach these "Techno-addicts" as we did the "Black" crack addicts of the eighties criminalizing and jailing "the user?" Maybe the actions will mirror our response during this current "White" opioid crisis that treats the victims and decriminalizing "the disorder." As it gets harder and harder for the average person to consider history outside of the experiences of their last two most recent years, the crunch from the cascading waves of overwhelming data will be consuming, confusing and inundating people's consciousness. As confusing as things are now, we will be deluged even more by new rapid changes ushering in a congested and convoluted future.

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(3) Communication and socialization methods and means are expanding. Their growing demand will continue to influence and infiltrate most existing and emerging platforms. Who would have thought that public phone booths would become almost obsolete mostly due to the emergence of portable phones? Metcalf's law and the power of networks will become the dominate factor driving and connecting people together. Multiple disciplines will be needed to meet the demands of such rapid growth. Many of the participants in these new industries will need human or virtual assistance guides and navigators. Learning and development devices like Alexa, Siri, Bixby and Cortana will become more personal, portable and exploitable than ever before. We are now forced to face the overwhelming need to assist the average citizen with the predicaments created by automated management.  A new breed of pilots will help in traversing through the complexities and nuances of our rapidly changing society. Humanity, will increasingly be spending more time talking to, coordinating with, depending on and interacting with computers disguised in multiple forms. As personal communication devices advance simply speaking to one another will be considered dated. Most conversations may also include video and images. The average person can broadcast, multicast or unicast on the next generation of personal assisting and connecting devices. More and more of this conversational data will be mined with the propensity to incriminate, exonerate or implicate users. Extortion is being redefined. New diseases will encompass both physical and mental maladies exacerbated through massive social and electronic networks. Many people will become dependent on voice command operation for their devices. Although voice prints like fingerprints are unique, duplication and digitized representation of an individual's voice may become a liability. The "App Wars" have arrived. Apps for everything have and are being developed. They are and will continue to be in competition with one another for market share and popularity. Along with artificial intelligence our dependency on apps and automation is creating liabilities. The lawsuits due to the sanctioning and exploitation of these new technologies are growing rapidly. Social order, disorder, power structures, range and influence are being redefined. As the fear of virtual threats approaches that of physical threats the very same devices meant to assist us are becoming conduits of compromise. Video game are now being developed and coded predominately by men. Is this why the best ones are so competitive and violent?  Social justice like so many other causes must be expanded into the virtual world in order to be taught and retained. The consciousness of our children are now being molded by the new breed of interactive gaming platforms promoting their creator's consciousness. Social media has now become the breeding ground for corruption, crime, extortion, and vulnerability for anyone listed through it or participating in it. The same anxiety that keeps us wary of strangers must now keep us wary of stranger electronic manipulations. How does that affect us? How does that make us feel?

(4) Educational, religious and historical teachings are being subjected to increased social sensitivities. The struggle to re-frame history are now and will continue to be under increased scrutiny by the masses. Implied privilege along with the disregard for the real history and heritage of other people, races or cultures are invoking the consternation of the public. As long as racial superiority is exemplified through offending the sensibilities of others; product brands and organization or naming, "privileges" will be suspect as by-words for racism, sexism and prejudice. We are now dealing with the fruit of our former practices and policies. Although they may no longer be enforced does not mean they are no longer in effect.  As long as we continue to deny, sanction and overlook our history of conquering, colonization and control, the tendency to dehumanize those different from us will add obstacles to unification. It is simply wrong to use symbols of race, culture, ethnicity or religious beliefs for collective or individual exploitation. Diversity without inclusion is simply discrimination. Even billionaires must bear the responsibility of their sports groups or teams containing historically or culturally sensitive symbols and titles. Why not have the Baltimore Blacks, The Wisconsin Whites, Atlanta Africans or the Louisiana Latina's along with the Cleveland Indians and the Washington Redskins. We have had multiple opportunities to right these wrongs since the sixties. Court rulings cannot correct the culture and consciousness of a racially insensitive country. Is it really right to conqueror and kill the indigenous people of that land and then parade their symbols around on our uniforms, helmets and buildings. That just counts as another trophy of American conquest. What a shame that the football team that represents our nation's capital carries the most offensive racial symbol. What does that say about us? It implies that if there were a symbol for the Baltimore Blacks it would probably be a picture of a slave in chains. We are in need of reformation in thinking and sensitivity. Not only is the consciousness of this country being tested but also the tenets of Christianity upon which the constitution has its base. A predominately Christian country that fails to stand for the main tenants of its doctrines is in trouble. "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another." "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak." This is what the bible says in the fourteenth chapter of Romans in the 19th and 21st verses. Reforms in the interpretation and application of religious doctrines are upon us. Just as scientific advances and new discoveries are dissolving and amending previous beliefs, practices and theories so is additional information changing what and the way we think. As we redefine Pluto as a "minor" planet we will also continue re-assessing our previous definitions of what is really what.  Many of us have and will rethink our position on many issues.  Education illuminates.  Truth is truth even if no one believes it.  A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it. New truth is upon us; not that it's new only that it hasn't been discovered.

(5) Sports and recreation now must come to terms with new technical and artificially enhanced abilities working their way into mainstream competitions. Genetically enhanced athletes are presenting additional challenges. We are witnessing the debut of our first generation of custom-made humans. What may not have been regarded as cheating is being redefined to keep pace with the multiple ways people are discovering to win in everything from checkers to lottery drawings. Traditional sports that highlighted athletic physical abilities must now make room for high tech robotic, avatar like gaming and virtual competitions. These forums are now growing exponentially in size and popularity among the millions of people interested in them. Traditional TV is transitioning out of existence. Few of us remember when TV stations used to go off air. Recreation is going high tech too. Imagine taking a vacation to anywhere in the world without physically traveling there. Well virtual vacations and getaways are making their way into recreational experiences. Expect more and more simulators designed to recreate most any experience inexpensively. This will allow anyone to experience activities in a virtual reality environment that not only engages sensory perception but also records and documents it. We should anticipate people experiencing problems with differentiating their fantasy adventures from their real-life experiences. We can also expect people to attempt to integrate and merge their private personal practices within these new virtual theaters. The hardcore addicts of tomorrow will be psychologically, chemically, virtually and physically addicted. Diagnosing and finding remedies for the new breed of junkies will be a major undertaking. Keep in mind that most people are incapable of seeing or considering the social effects from these scenarios. New perspectives come into existence when old ones are questioned.

(6) As governments, politicians and industry pay more attention to public sentiment and social relations, higher expectations of performance are emerging. Women are taking their rightful place at the table and exercising power. Women are bringing an additional nurturing aspect to our modern mentality. Gender balance in all aspects of business and government is a growing characteristic. The pressure to deliver rapid results will create shorter political careers.  Asymmetric polarization will no longer be an option for any political party. Constituents of an instant gratification on demand society are erroneously expecting rapid results. The fallout from short term efforts not yielding long term solutions are creating a new breed of techno-pundits. Expect emerging programs and apps of all kinds that critically analyze people and policies to project or predict results. The analysis of data mining will disclose a wide range of associated causes contributing to everything from global warming to civil unrest. The use of scientific data mining methods in sports, politics and marketing is a new frontier. The competition among and between data streams battling for position and followers has created a new battlefield. Any disagreements among these major players will generally foment into new interpretative wars.  Along with all of this exponentially growing computing power comes a new level of accuracy in establishing cause before or during an event while determining effect before and after it happens.  So where are the computer derived scenarios for resolutions or remedies?  We now have the means to predict any war, weather, food, water, famine, monetary, medical or flood crisis and the likely result before they occur. Most of these scenarios have been and continue to be analyzed and anticipated. Positioning is becoming critically important to all players even if only to have the first shot at influencing followers. In the rush, rush pace of society people are not exercising patience and our attention spans are becoming shorter and shorter. Society is being flooded with multiple simultaneous distractions continually and attempting to multitask while being bombarded. Our apps are growing with us. They have now become instructive, adaptive, and predictive. They will continue to grow and eventually implicate or exonerate us. The one size fits all approach in medicine, marketing, governing and manufacturing is being reconfigured to accommodate the diversity of people's practices and beliefs. Many parts will be produced (printed) on site from software downloaded from the manufacturer. Manufacturing and assembly will increasingly take on the concept of on-site assembly. This will affect not only the manufacturing process but also shipping (if necessary) and assembly. A new breed of independent contractors skilled in specific areas of expertise will be the representatives of large firms hiring these workers to assemble and connect their products. We are experiencing a profound need for new rules, regulations and guidelines in business. The backlash from ignoring and exploiting systems and processes has caught up with us. Tax reform is coming in the form of complete tracking and control of currency and credit. Taxes will be integrated and built into the transactional aspects of our now evolving monetary systems. Multimedia exposure along with "screen-time," "facetime" or whatever it's called will become the prevalent mode of communicating. Most of us will embrace the cause of progress ​without clearly considering the social effects of it. Societies composure under the multiple stresses of modernity will affect the climate, consciousness and culture of our mental health.  Mental health is linked with and just as important as physical health.  As we rapidly advance and evolve exponentially, we will be dealing increasingly with symptoms of maladjustment diseases and mental problems. Prepare to deal with multiple types of fatigue from the stress of our fast-paced world.  It has been the folly of our society not to regard and treat mental illness the same way we do physical illness. This denial is having a profound effect upon societies development. Both mental and physical maladies have interrelated components and causes but we cannot make assumptions or draw conclusions without proper scientific research drawn from correct premises.  How people FEEL allows us insight into how we can deal with their created consciousness.

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(7) Nature and weather is proving to be the foretold yet unpredictable wild card that will force the powers that be (governments) to work cooperatively toward stabilizing the resulting conditions. By not addressing these issues immediately the opportunity to take preventative actions will pass us by. There will be no sustainable impact from last minute measures. The consequence of societies delays will bring us remedial actions that will not solve the problems but may work temporarily mitigating damage. If this issue is not addressed as one of all civilization rather than separately as multiple countries; the resultant impacts will affect everything in biology from insects and rodent populations to agriculture, farming, fishing and ranching practices. The new epic battle against climate change will be one of the most uniting factors forcing humanity to collectively address a globally common problem. The title-wave from the interconnected consequences of carbon emissions will shift both our priorities and the balance of military and economic power.  The more respect we give to nature and the environment as a major player in the present future, the greater the stability we will provide for all the inhabitants of the planet. The recipients include humans, vegetables, animals and minerals.

To sum it all up; our way our thinking needs to change to be able to appreciate the transition we are going through. More and more predictive technology companies will emerge as we continue to gather and crunch more data. Genetic testing and identification will become mainstream as we establish worldwide shared databases. The value and or ownership of data will explode as people discover more ways to exploit it. Manipulative predictive technologies are being included in the purpose and design of produce, products and people. Genetic testing along with many A.I. driven apparatus is the new norm. The amount of data exchanged during the operation of The Internet of Things is providing an exponential increase in the predictive meaning of data from multiple angles or perspectives that we previously assumed to be unrelated.  All new analytical platforms are functioning from the premise of predictive and preventative criteria.  Multiple possible scenarios are being feted out during the process of analysis.  As our computer algorithms begin to dissect and understand our earths rhythms, we will be much further along in gaining insight into the spiritual connectivity among all of earths inhabitants. ​

Our greater expectations are demanding more corporate accountability. Companies are gradually doing what is in the best interest of the environment and the users of their products or services. The motivation may be coming from the stigma associated with bad publicity. Both rumors and reality are having a rapid and profound impact on profit. As various factions of society network and unite power is being re-distributed. Financial restructuring at multiple levels are concentrating power and creating vacuums simultaneously. Do not get sidetracked or distracted.  As people clamor and fight for what was traditionally considered the prize, most will be unaware that the target has moved and the bulls eye is no longer stationary. This may seem like the epic battle, but it is simply the side effect of the effects from greed. This is probably why the bible says that "the love of money is the root of all evil."  Many cyber connecting and security companies are positioned to prey upon their general private and public patrons in much the same way that pharmaceutical companies exploit the general populace today.  Most of us have no insight into how medicine is constructed or what is in it. In much the same way most people have little understanding of how computers function or the construction of the networks they operate on. The current trend for autonomous transportation, security, scheduling and food preparation is delegating more and more responsibility and control to interconnected computerized systems. These systems are increasingly being built to function in both predictive and reactive capacities. Errors in judgement not built into these systems are becoming a growing problem. Computer logic is built around processing the facts (data) presented and following the previously established routine in response to the supplied information without exception!  In some instances, the lack of human intervention may be catastrophic. Our computers are monitoring, adjusting and maintaining millions of systems within the limits of their programming. This is one of many reasons to keep our computers updated (or not).  All programs are birthed with unknown bugs. In the same way that all humans are born imperfect, so is the software they create. There is no way to anticipate every possible scenario, expect some systemic failures. Until all of the burps, glitches and errors are discovered and worked out they are a liability.  Women must step up and into S.T.E.M. We now have a male dominated society creating male oriented code into our new automated systems. Men create more from a logical standpoint. Women birth from a nurturing perspective. This era of influential manipulation has been upon us since the advent of mass publication with newspapers, magazines, posters and books. The rapidly expanding transmutation of multimedia along with the manipulation and exploitation of it calls for new laws, restrictions, rules and regulations to protect the consumer. There is a need for a cyber-FDA. We now have an idea of the effect that our interconnected world has upon us individually and collectively.  Women are now exercising their muscles to seize and possess the same rights as men. The equal rights amendment should finally be added to the constitution. That will awaken and encourage women worldwide to take a stand. In this world of abundance, we have the ability to instantly end hunger and poverty to the benefit of us all. Think about how much further along we would be if everyone was healthy enough to participate and contribute to our mutual welfare. As insignificant as it may appear, we have seen inventions, advancements, innovations and multi functionality permeate our world. We have witnessed the transformation of phones, originally designed simply for communication, to morph into personal, portable and powerful instruments that grow in functionality and efficiency. We are now living in a world where simulation can rival actual experience. Virtual reality and true reality are merging to a point where virtual experiences can have whatever significance we give to them, real or not! New electrical with other fuel and power technologies are threatening old industries. Recycling technologies for water (close cycling) food, fuels and other resources working with nature are vital. The fact is that the same manner in which we route and manipulate data through network efficiently now; Is the same way we are implementing systems to route and manipulate people, property and information. We are focusing on the side effects from a culmination of factors converging concurrently. Remember it's not the race; it's the pace of the race! True power and wealth are being measured in terms of popularity, followers and influence rather than money, firepower or property. The new environment we exist in has biochemical, hormonal, visual, psychological and spiritual interconnections and inter-reactions simultaneously affecting us. All of our drugs, medicines, social and psychological influences are impacting us. We have entered into an age where the meaning of wealth and power are spontaneously being redefined in both our dictionaries and consciousness. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE IMPACT AND EFFECTS UPON THE THINKING, CULTURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS OF AN EMERGING CONJOINED SOCIAL, POLITICAL, INDUSTRIAL, ECONOMICAL AND TECHNICAL WORLD. Ultimately, we must set guidelines on how to build this new world without sacrificing the welfare of all the inhabitants on the planet. Change is coming simultaneously while change is here. Will we be a driver of the change or just get swept up in it? As we closeout, we all know what the right thing to do is. However, in conclusion we may find that it's the hardest thing we've ever had to do as a species. CONVERGENCE FORCES COMMON SOURCES! 

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