In this essay I will tell of the interviews conducted for the purposes of this in class quest. I conducted five interviews, asking each person to tell of what they saw being the next big thing in our culture. I also asked the interviewees to tell me why they thought this, some had extraordinary reasons and some were rather simple, but all were very interesting and plausible.
My first Interview was naturally with my fiancé, he believed that the next big thing that was to hit our culture is the advancement of online gaming. He said while gaming is sometimes thought to be for nerds, this is not totally true! Game worlds put a person in a state of mind that if the game was created that it is meant to be beaten by the average player. This means that the gamer truly believes that they can accomplish anything. Take this one step further though, turn real world issues into video games, we have GPS, satellites, and the intelligence to see floor plans, and city makeups. If we took this state of mind that anything is beatable, one that is always experienced in the gaming dimension, and applied real world problems, we could conquer anything. The military already is using this idea to their advantage he says, and the business world I’m sure will catch on soon.
This idea was also shared by my roommate Hunter Jefferson, who also owns a PlayStation 3. His reasons were similar to my fiancé’s reasoning, but with one difference, he added that if this idea that could turn into a very interesting science became reality, it would not be long until the public grasped it and wanted to use it for illegal purposes, such as drug trafficking.
The third person I interviewed was my mother. She thought that cosmetic laser surgery would be the next big thing. She sells cosmetics for Mary Kay and is always thinking about that industry. She says that when we can change our complexion permanently, and it is cheaper than it is now people (not just women) will be all for making themselves look permanently better. Plastic surgery has been immensely popular and would probably be even more so if it was paid for by insurance plans or could be afforded by the middle class in America. When lasers can change a person’s makeup permanently for a relatively low price, everyone will be signing up to be fake!
Number four was by brother, Hunter! He is only 9 years old, but is already a forward thinker. He says that now his cell phone is wireless, his leap frog laptop is wireless, but you always have to plug them into something for power. He says that the next big thing is not wireless communication, but wireless power. Imagine never having to plug your laptop or cell phone in at night, the power just comes wirelessly through a power router, not an internet router. His reason is that everyone wants this, there is a need. It annoys him that he runs out of battery and has to plug it in, so he is sure it annoys everyone else.
My last interview was with my friend Laura Henman. She thinks the next big thing is a car with autopilot. They are already making cars with Auto Park, GPS navigation, sensors that brake your car and pull to the side of the road if you fall asleep or a semi suddenly stops in front of you. Put this all together into one harmonious system and call it auto driver. GPS already knows where the road is, computers can steer your car, and radar can keep separation between cars. You could then do work on your computer on your way to work or even text! Airplanes already do all of this, and so can a car. There is defiantly a need for this, and since most of the needed equipment is already in new cars today it is only one more step to just build a car with Auto Driver!
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