Unit 4 Assessment: A Look into the Thoughts of Futurist Jack Uldrich

After doing a little bit of research, I found a futurist named Jack Uldrich, which I assume is their name based on the name of their blog. Jack Uldrich has even made a post for his most recent predictions on 2019, so I decided I will summarize his thoughts in regards to the upcoming year. The first topic he talks about is a topic I personally believe in which is extending our lives. This is split between two topics, being the increasing split in the longevity gap, and the way genes are being modified to extend the lives of dogs. In terms of the longevity gap, this goes in both directions, as increased suicides, opioid abuse, and obesity has lead to much shorter life spans, where as better medical technology has been continuously increasing life spans. Chinese scientists have already found a way to modify the genes of the pets of very wealthy people. Next, he mentions hoe fake things are starting act even more like the real deal, with things like better synthetic diamonds and artificial meat. Continuing on the terms of food, Lettuce seems to be struggling, while chips seem to be improving, as the outlook seems to be that the e-coli affecting our lettuce may make us need to grow our own lettuce, and chips are going to be available which can help improve your waistline rather than hurt it. On Jack Uldrich’s blog, they go further into technologies like the “smart” toilets, technologies made in order suck Carbon Dioxide out of the environment, and drones which could recharge electric cars. I would urge anyone to take a deeper look into Jack Uldrich’s blog to go into further detail on the things I did and didn’t talk about from his blog, as I personally enjoyed viewing what he has posted so far looking into 2019.