He predicted Netflix, iPhone and Facebook twenty-five years ago. Bill Gates, who, in addition to being a co-founder of Microsoft, is also one of the most perceptive observers of all time. His position in the international arena, his enormous wealth and the connections he has everywhere, allow him to observe the world from a wider, somewhat distant, point of view.
Today, the 66-year-old Gates is mainly involved in charity and investing in ideas that could significantly improve the lives of future generations. Among the main priorities of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (which continues its very important work despite their separation) are the development of a vaccine against malaria and the fight against polio, HIV and tuberculosis.
A few years ago, Bill Gates predicted the outbreak of a pandemic that humanity would be unable to control. Today we all know that he was right, while there are some who "know" that the coronavirus is a creation of Gates himself. However, no one disputes that any of his predictions for the future are of particular interest. Here are five of them, in view of the new year and the years that will follow:
The worst phase of the pandemic will end during 2022, says Bill Gates, and despite the current situation, it is a relatively auspicious forecast. The worst is happening now, according to Gates, and during the new year the pandemic will gradually begin to subside. However, he avoided predicting the final end of the pandemic, as it depends to a large extent on any mutations in the coronavirus. The fact that the state of emergency lasts longer than he had predicted is due first to the Delta mutation and now to the Micron.
People will start meeting and interacting through metaverse no later than three years from now
Within two or three years, the so-called metaverse will have become a useful tool for meeting, communicating and socializing people. Reading about metaverse, many think that Mark Zuckerberg creates a vision that will at best come true in a few decades, if not never. "Virtual meetings and digital avatars? Is a simple phone call or a teleconference no longer enough? At the moment, I do not see the need for a virtual handshake with the avatar of who is calling me ", they claim, but Bill Gates has a different opinion, predicting that people will start meeting and interacting through metaverse in three years at the latest From today. This means that we will all have virtual reality glasses (VR goggles) and special controls, so that we can operate in XNUMXD virtual environments, which many find equally difficult to believe will happen in a few years.
Bill Gates also predicts that medical diagnoses will soon be made remotely, so patients do not have to leave their homes. Because of the pandemic, telemedicine has received a significant boost, but it is a fact that the systems available are not the best. Gates speculates that in the near future, remote examinations of patients and diagnoses of any diseases will be much more accurate thanks to the use of special devices that we will have in our homes, such as, for example, smart sphygmomanometers that will be included in smart phones. of the future (Apple is already working on a similar project).
Medical diagnoses will be performed remotely, with patients not having to leave their homes.
Remaining in the field of medicine, the fourth richest man in the world, with a fortune of over 134 billion dollars, predicts that Alzheimer's disease will soon be diagnosed in time through simple blood tests. Relevant research is already being done, but to date no hematological marker has been identified that meets strict diagnostic criteria. According to Gates, great progress will be made in this field in the coming years.
Regarding the general situation around the world, the tycoon of technology and charity predicts that 2022 will be the year of new regularity. At some point the pandemic will begin to subside and order will slowly recover, although some of our old habits will change irrevocably. But we will definitely return to our offices and distance education will become one of the memories of the pandemic. Mass gatherings will continue to cause concern, while new, pandemic, hygiene habits will be maintained.
Source: Protagon.gr