Group 5: More of the Same

More of the Same

Under the umbrella theme of "The Future of the Internet in 2015", the scenario dealt with here is labelled "More of the Same". This refers to the possible scenario that the internet does not have the huge impact that some predict, and will not roar through our society and revolutionize our personal and professional lives. It is not the implication of the scenario that "nothing happens", but rather to indicate that the large implications and the changes will not occur with the predicted speed and certainly not during this rather short horizon of 10 years; it will be delayed due to a line of factors and much of the development we can predict in present time will continue to develop and either amplify and reduce its importance during these ten years. How the forces are interlinked is described from an overall level in the System Diagram and the expected developments and the driving forces behind are further analyzed, explained and described though the categories mentioned below.

System Diagram

Technical Aspects

Political Aspects

Economic Aspects

Social Aspects