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It’s Not the Future, It’s the Present

Meetings in the Metaverse, buying cars with Crypto’s and more

Ferry Hoes

Innovations like the Metaverse, NFT’s, and Cryptocurrencies may sound futuristic and most of them aren’t fully embedded into the daily lives of most of us. That’s all true, but it’s not the future. An increasing number of stores all over the world have started accepting cryptocurrencies as their legal way of paying. And people are having meetings, visiting comedy shows and digital bars in the Metaverse. This is not the future and sooner or later you’ll be confronted with some of these technologies. It’s like the people from the ’90s who thought mobile phones were hyped and really didn’t see any use in them. I bet some of them are reading this article on their phones….

Not just new tools, but a whole new economy

Most innovations are small and only make an impact that changes the way we use certain products. These are usually smaller features that we can choose to adopt or not. Brighter and sharper images on TV’s for example. You can choose to adopt it and get yourself a new screen with better imaging. Or, you just don’t and you won’t notice.

The things that are being developed are not just new products. Artificial Intelligence isn’t just a smarter version of your laptop. It…

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Ferry Hoes
Ferry Hoes

Written by Ferry Hoes

My name is Ferry, an entrepreneur from Rotterdam (the Netherlands) working and the intersection of Humans and Technology. Also, I publicly speak about it!

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