In September 2014, Dassault Systemes created the Future Realities community on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8121174) to carve out a space where thought leaders can talk about what they believe are key trends that will shape the future. In just 14 months, we’ve attracted 25,000 members, who are regularly starting and joining discussions about future trends and ideas about what might be the next big thing. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve put together the top 10 discussion topics since the beginning. Take a look at the question and a sample of the comments, then join us over on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8121174) to add your say!

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4. See all 316 comments
“I believe that at this point, not installing solar panels is
irresponsible on a social and personal level. The efficiency
levels have become such that investing in personally owned
solar panels pays for itself in two thirds or so of the life-time.”
“The awareness factor is important but the reach is limited. The
reach of these products are in a niche market and if one has
to penetrate the market, one has to focus on its supply
chain and distribution.”
“I was interested in solar panels but they were too expensive.
Recently, I noticed several homes in my neighbourhood had
them, so I figure the pricing is becoming affordable. I find
them earth friendly, and that makes them beautiful.”
Hunter Terry
Journalism – Media – Public Relations – UNLV TV
Siddharth Nikhra
Senior Business Development Manager at Quality Kiosk Technologies Pvt.
LTd
Theresa Kemper
Program & Project Management, PMP & CSM, Professional Development,
Mentoring & Coaching, Enablement and Balance
316 Comments, 77 Likes
As prices of solar panels decline rapidly,
would you install solar in your home?

5. “It's not only about intelligence, but understanding and
being able to use the tools to come upon us. The children
today use them much better than we ever will. With the
introduction of the IoT and Industry 4.0, there will be lots of
open doors to make the shift. “
“Hawking's suppositions are, at root, teleonomic not
economic. He has presumed that the improvement of
machines via the application of extrinsic information or
creativity will eventually arrive from lesser machines
themselves.”
“What has indeed worked well in history is the free market. By
the free market, I don't mean capitalism in the sense of allowing
some to peddle influence at the expense of the rest of the
market, to capture a market or to dominate an industry; I mean a
market in which no player receives special standing by law,
in which law stands to eliminate that kind of corrupt
dealing.”
See all 229 comments
Chris Douglass
Sales and Business Development Director, Visual Components
George Wayne
President and Cofounder at Qualia Networks, Inc.
Keith Dimond, CETsr
Electronics Technician at JT3, Independent Technical &
Organizational Consulting (Electronics, Radio / RF, Information)
229 Comments, 31 Likes
Stephen Hawking says we should really be
scared of capitalism, not robots. Do you
agree?

6. See all 171 comments
“We can continuously create new technology that influences
ways people do their jobs. People may spend a lot more
time in learning, have to learn to be flexible, and ready to
learn new subjects which evolve due to new invention.”
“With the shift to mechanisms that make change ‘easy’ and
cheap, bespoke manufacturing becomes the norm and
profitability becomes tied to meeting a particular
customers specific needs.”
“The Great Recession forced businesses to be more
efficient & to produce more with less. Now we are coming
out of it, businesses aren’t going back. Those low-mid level
manufacturing jobs are gone, and they aren’t coming back.”
Elaine Leung
Company Director at Natural Skincare London
Fred Simkin
Senior Architect at Red Hat
Allan Tone
Founder/CEO Dealer/Addendums Inc.
171 Comments, 45 Likes
What will human beings do when everything
can be produced by a few?

7. See all 152 comments
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt in any given
environment in order to survive. Intelligence enabled us to
develop our communication skills, discern opportunities &
threats & create objects from things around us.”
“Intelligence is linear, you reach a higher level only when
certain intellectual achievements have been reached. You
can be 25 & immature, you can be 15 and very mature. What
does that have to do with intelligence?”
“A good mix between curiosity, braveness, sense of
humor, humble behaviour and the ability to connect at a
human level.”
Henry James Banayat
Executive Managing Director & Founder, Compumatrix
Mizael Pena
Founder at H2O Star Inc.
Stefania Sadigh Ershadi
SAP Business Sales Consultant, Design Thinker for Digital
Transformation
152 Comments, 21 Likes
Would somebody give a definition of
intelligence?

8. See all 87 comments
“There is the computer-brain approach, and then there is the
brain-computer approach; where we activate computers
as a second kind of brain. In the first case we are
manipulated… in the second we manipulate.”
“The missing reality is the volume of thoughts. The ideas of
your brain aren’t broadcasted simply because you
thought them, no more than your emails are until you hit
send.”
“This is where the details matter. Are we talking about a USB
hub designed to pick up the alpha waves off your brain?
I’m sure I’d at least try it! Or are we talking Johnny
Mnemonic style? Not so much!”
Erik Vos
Art Director / Designer, Owner at Gotanidea
Marc Roth
Co-founder at ABRICATE
Dan Perreault
Owner, Thinkingblade Knives
87 Comments, 50 Likes
Would you connect your brain to a computer?

9. See all 83 comments
“All it will take to halt this movement is a patient crushed,
killed by being given the wrong medication, trapped or
starved when a robot malfunctions, or a similar mishap, to
put the use of autonomous robots in health care at stake.”
“I could appreciate a care robot that would allow me to
function as independently as possible, for as long as possible.
Perhaps some sort of human mediator could pay regular
visits to ensure that a healthy balance be maintained.”
“It doesn’t mean that we would be without human contact
entirely, but we would not be a burden to someone. Having
said that, who’s going to fund this when most state
pension funds are predicted to run out of cash?”
Kurt Cagle
Founder and Chief Ontologist at Semantical, LLC
Phillip Vedol
Accountant & Administrator at Lonflight, LLC
Simon C Hemus
President and COO at Tupperware Brands
83 Comments, 41 Likes
Would you want to be looked after by a robot
in your old age?

10. See all 57 comments
“Essentially the rate of increase in cost has mirrored and
slightly lagged the increase in available loan dollars for
education.”
“Paying a ton for a credential that one earns not by paying, but
by learning, is becoming obsolete. Attendance in and tuition
for the class should be waived in favour of an appropriate
fee for evaluation and administration of academic credit.”
“What kind of ROI can a college graduate expect if their
annual cost is $110K? In the time to come higher education
will have or must guarantee employment at these extreme
exorbitant costs. Otherwise the future is becoming self-
taught.”
Dan Perreault
Owner, Thinkingblade Knives
Keith Dimond, CETsr
Electronic Technician at JT3, Independent Technical & Organizational
Consulting (Electronic, Radio / RF, Information)
Alex Xenos
Enterprise Sales Executive, BlackLine
83 Comments, 41 Likes
Have we reached a point in social development
where the higher education classic model is
becoming obsolete?

11. “On an individual level, being aware of water consumption and
adopting general good habits, can have long-term
benefits…”
“Cost reflective pricing would remove inefficient (wasteful)
consumption by pricing out the water resource abusers,
freeing supply to those that use water efficiently.”
“What we can do is price water in a more responsible way.
No one should be able to pump water from a public resource,
be it a river, lake, aquifer or whatever with impunity.”
See all 64 comments
Angela Wood
Project Management Coordinator at ShoreTel
Nicholas Wells
Senior Consultant at MLM Drilling Pty Ltd
Dick Bonnet
Owner at TorcUP of WV
64 Comments, 25 Likes
Could you support your current lifestyle with
less water?

12. See all 52 comments
“Technology can already turn your pulses into signals &
waves to be read by professional doctors. Phones will be
charged with movement; with devices generating electricity
through motion & your bodies electro pulses.”
“In order to make effective solutions, these sort of applications
would require the system to work the other way, with the
“patch” integrated into devices, so things like remotes and
computer mice would seem to be a good starting point.”
“Life Sciences change the picture completely; Connect your
energy transformer to your pacemaker and make it run
without need for battery change – great!”
Daeshaun Quest
Owner at DaeTech Soultions
Michael Hart
Volunteer at Age UK
Dr. Sven Schatteburg
Kienbaum Management Consultants / Principal
52 Comments, 29 Likes
New technology turns our bodies’ energy into
electricity. What would you power with it?

13. “China has potential…it needs no state Capitalism, but free
market reforms which would lead to change its focus from an
export orientated economy to an economy which boosts
domestic consumer purchasing power.”
“Recently China’s developed rapidly. Sadly this “growth” has
been at the expense of the average worker & the environment.
I think Chinese citizens will demand higher wages &
environmental reform that will slow down it’s economy.”
“China’s central government must substantially reduce it’s
restrictions on free speech. An efficient economy must allow
free flow of information.”
See all 44 comments
David Orozco
Co Founder at GenOne Technologies LLC
David Quist
Owner at Sound Computer Consulting, LLC
44 Comments, 23 Likes
Apekshit Mulay (Apek)
Business and Technology Consultant at Mulay’s Consultancy Services
Could China become the number one economy
in the world? If so, how soon?

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