Eventually we will run out of applications for technology and do the smart thing and hopefully go back to what we were doing in the 1950s, building a suitable case for going into outer space, which is what we should have never stopped doing.
The increase of consumer technology is nothing but the human race masturbating to itself over how great and pimp it is for having the next shiney new thing. Well what else are they going to do with their time? ICE Cars have almost reached perfection.
As far as I'm concerned the cancellation of the space program was dumb people winning over intelligent people.
2020, Everyone will have a smart phone.
2030, Everyone will have a tablet.
2040, Everyone will have VR goggles.
2050, Everyone will have an electric car.
2060, Holographic projection in every home.
2070, Sustainable solar power in every home.
Then what? We have mastered the art of earth based transportation, now what will people have to spend money on? VR Goggles that already go beyond 4k resolution? The majority of the human race cannot even see beyond 4K material.
I suspect after this that there will be a large depression in technology, either that or we will come up with something new to waste money on, like artificial eyes that go up to 8k or 20k and can see in infrared/Ultraviolet. Hearing that goes up to 96KHz and down to 1Hz. An inbuilt radio in every brain that covers 30MHz to 1GHz. And dont forget nanobots. and enhancements like an inbuilt brainwave recording computer which can record and playback memories or dreams and manipulate them.
What could make it unsustainable is the constant pollution of the earth with obsolete products. Sooner or later we will have to recycle as much as possible, but even that wouldnt stop us.
Edited by Layberinthius, 25 August 2013 - 05:36 AM.