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📣 AdrianMartinez

What should be the next big thing that technology needs to solve?


What should be the next big thing that technology needs to solve?


  👤 rmbyrro Accepted Answer ✓
Democratic voting with:

1) Anonymity

2) Public, widespread and easy verifiability of the technology running

3) Security against voting fraud

4) Verifiability of each vote legitimacy after the voting take place

As it stands today, paper is still the technology that gets the closest, it seems.


👤 inphovore
Human waste. Oil, plastic, water contamination, adulteration of the Earth.

Modernity is a waste of humanity, before oil this was balanced by the natural cycle (birth, death, decay, regrowth.)

We should use technology to get us out of the messes technology have gotten us into.

Everyone is so interested in living longer, few ask for what worth beyond themselves of the time naturally given to us.


👤 rapnie
It's own speed so that society can manage it.

👤 graderjs
Sustainable, healthy, liveable urban environments.

👤 RickyPointin
The next big thing that technology needs to solve is the problem of the lack of diversity in the tech industry.

For too long, the technology industry has been dominated by white men. We need to see more women and people of color in tech so they can bring their ideas and experiences into the fold. We also need to see more people from under-represented groups applying for jobs at larger companies and startups alike.


👤 GayleNelson
Technology needs to solve the problem of people not paying attention when they are driving. I know it's dangerous and it's illegal.

👤 CharlieSanders
I think that the next big thing that technology needs to solve is how to make it easier for people to get together.