The New Age, the Quantum Age

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New Rules for a Quantum Age is a series of memoirs that began in 2018. At the time I was unaware of what I was writing. But after a year or so it became clear that I was foreshadowing a coming age on Earth that should rightfully be named the Quantum Age. Today's featured writing is the very first memoir made in this series

The New Age, the Quantum Age

Take a trip in your time machine to a random location somewhere in 1976. A 1970 Firebird is parked out in the driveway which now has significant areas of rust. It's difficult to start, and it leaks oil. Once upon a time, that car brought with it days of glory. But now it has gotten old and useless.

There's a conversation taking place between two young men.“Already the game has changed.” says a young man to his friend. He's offering advice on how to go about getting  a girlfriend. “The same stuff that worked five years ago doesn't work anymore."

But this observation shouldn't be limited to petty things like cars and dating. People were aware at the time that Earth was about to enter a new age. For one, the possibility of computers to soon exist in homes and businesses suggested that the dawn of the computer age was just around the corner. The majority of the people at the time had never experienced, much less seen a computer. They had some idea of what these things looked like. But how a computer functioned or to what extent it would revolutionize the world was still a great mystery. 

Newer sources of energy to replace fossil fuels was becoming increasingly suggested. There was the possibility that wind, solar and geothermal energy could one day supply cities with electricity. Cars could be electric and replace gas-fueled engines—maybe even receive their power from the sun. 

And then there were supposed to be great leaps in the exploration of space. Planets and moons would be colonized. Star ships would transport humans to (at the time) theoretical nearby solar systems.

Return to the present when it's being suggested that quantum computing is going to revolutionize the human race It's easy to draw a parallel of our present time with the mid to late 1970s. Today there is a new computer age on the way, but we don't understand, exactly, what this will entail. We know that they will be faster, with intelligence that may surpass human intelligence. Cyber security and encryption will no longer be possible in this age of quantum computing because any code—regardless of complexity or length—can be hacked by a quantum computer. This alone could vastly change our current architecture and use of the Internet. 

We are witnessing the closing of a computer age and the birth of a new.

But this new age on Earth isn't limited to quantum computing. We have revolutionary new technologies like artificial intelligence not only being used from self-driving cars to facial recognition software, but used by small businesses and even individuals. This very article utilizes artificial intelligence to write it.

We have virtual reality which once upon a time was simply a science fiction concept. Today, virtual reality is a real technology that is used by people all over the world. It's being used not only on a personal level for entertainment, but in business and education.

We have 5G cellular network technology which is much faster than previous generations of cellular networks with the potential to revolutionize the way we use our technology. With it, our every day objects can be assigned an IP address making it possible to import them into virtual reality.

We have mass produced humanoid robots being developed by Tesla Company which will make the use of every day robots in our businesses, shops and even homes.

    • Quantum computing

    • Artificial intelligence

    • Virtual reality

    • 5G (and already beyond)

    • Personal robots

These new technologies (and so much more) are making it possible for Earth to enter an exciting new age. And with the transition from what is now known as classical physics to the new quantum physics, we can refer to this new age as the Quantum Age.

Welcome to the Dawn of the Quantum Age, an entry into an exciting a very eventful age which will bring much change. This introductory article belongs to a series of articles titled, New Rules for a Quantum Age.  

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