WANNA BET? “LAST NEWSPAPER & BOOK PRINTED IN 2020”

"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. Publishers have turned into Ebook sellers. Bookless libraries and bookshops have turned into community centers & meeting places in time — or went bankrupt..."

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BOOK LAUNCH ON N.Y. TRENDWATCH SITE HALL FIVE
This bet is part of  a series of public bets between Dutch futurist Marcel Bullinga and experts in several fields. The bets are linked to Bullinga’s book Welcome to the Future Cloud – 2025 in 100 Predictions. The book was launched on New York trendwatch 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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