The world will change more in the next 20 years than in the past 300 years. Artificial intelligence, self driving cars, robotics, the blockchain, the internet of things–the list goes on! Exponential technologies will produce waves of change, some good, others not so good. How will Philadelphia ride those waves? Will we drive change, or will we be driven by it? In this exciting presentation and discussion, a diverse panel of local experts will help us explore how the technological “Megashifts” of today will affect the Philadelphia of tomorrow. This event was part of Philly Tech Week 2018

1. Philadelphia
Futurism
A local take on the next
20 years
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3. Philadelphia
Futurism
A local take on the next
20 years johncardone.com
@johndcardone
John Cardone
Founder, Principal
Being Design Inc.

4. Philadelphia
Futurism
A local take on the next
20 years
@judginforalivin
Cat McManus
Research Consultant
Education & Tech

5. Why are we here?

6. The world will change more in the next 20 than in the last 300
Most of these changes will be invisible to the naked eye...

8. What do we hear?

10. We’re now moving from the 3rd industrial revolution into the 4th.

11. Data is new Oil, and AI is the new electricity.

13. So what’s driving this change?

14. What’s Driving this change?
Exponential
Growth of
Computing
Power
Hyper-
Connectivity
AI & Bots
Internet of
Things
Smart
Everything

15. Exponential Growth of Computing power
WEAREHERE
johncardone.com

16. (FCC Approved)
Hyper-Connectivity > Global High Speed Internet

18. Internet of Things (IoT)

20. Artificial Intelligence
& Machine Learning
Powers Bots

21. Everything that was simple, now becomes smart.

22. Philly taking steps toward smart city.

23. How will this affect our lives?

24. The internet is part of how our minds work.

25. Mobile / Virtual / Social

26. Smart Assistants

27. Personalized Education
IBM WATSON
The Voice of Art

29. AUTOMATION: anything that can be automated will be.

30. Is Philly ready for self driving cars?

31. BETTER QUESTION: Are self driving cars ready for philly?

32. Could this solve Philly’s accessibility problem?

33. Augmentation

34. Augmentation

35. Biological Augmentation / Transplant
The end of disability?
2015 (CHOP, Phila.) 2030 ?

36. Philly: BioBots 3D-Prints Living cells + BioQuark Regenerate Cells

37. Cost of
Sequencing
human genome
now just $100

38. Genomic Engineering > Cures for everything?

39. Personalized Gene Therapy. Will prices go down?

40. How is our Environment
Changing?

41. Climate Change

42. Electrification
Toyota to cease producing all gas vehicles by 2040.

43. The rise of Solar

44. Electrification / Renewables
Philadelphia already using 15% renewable energy
Declares bankruptcy in 2018, blames EPA standards

45. How is Society Changing:

46. Globalization: Business, Goods, & People

47. Urbanization
US - 80%
US - 93%
US - 98%

48. Philly population shrank for decades. Only starting to grow again.

49. PHILA: Change in demographic over 26 years
www.census.gov

50. Wealth Disparity & Racial Divide
Top 9%
51% - 90%
1% - 40%

51. Where do we go from here?
We face an existential crisis...

52. How to manage a world where everything is possible
No longer if, but why, and for who?

53. Because we don’t want this… the “Sofalarity”

54. Embrace Technology,
but don’t become it.

55. If the world is in a
technological arms
race…
What are the
losers supposed
to do?

56. What happens if we
gut the middle of
the job market, all
for the sake of
progress?

57. What does governance look like when we the potential for everyone to be
connected? -Direct democracy?

58. Don’t compete with machines, compliment them.

59. What role will Philly have in
this Future?
What role should it have?

60. johncardone.com
@johndcardone
John Cardone
Founder, Principal
Being Design Inc.
Thank you for
your time and
attention.

61. Archna Sahay
Sr. Consultant
J Nowak Strategy
Jon Geeting
Dir of Engagement
Philadelphia 3.0
Elissa Klinger
Assistant Dir.
Center for Digital
Health
Julie Hancher
Editor, Founder
GreenPhilly Blog
& SustainPHL
Sean Vereen
President
Stepping Stone
Scholars Inc.
#phillyfuturism
Panelists

62. Philadelphia
Futurism
A local take on the next
20 years