Six Transformations From 2015 That Will Reshape The World

Looking at the list of finalists for the Crunchies, you could get the impression that the greatest advances of 2015 were sharing and delivery apps, software platforms, and pencils. Yes, these are cool. But much bigger things happened last year.

A broad range of technologies reached a tipping point, from science projects or objects of convenience for the rich, to inventions that will transform humanity. We haven’t seen anything of this magnitude since the invention of the printing press in the 1400s. And this is just the beginning.

Starting in 2016, a wider range of technologies will begin to reach their tipping points.

Here are the six amazing transformations we just saw.

1. The Internet And Knowledge
2. Doctors In Our Pockets
3. Bitcoin And Disintermediation
4. Engineering Of Life
5. The Drone Age
6. Saving the planet with unlimited clean energy

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