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b'Welcome to Day 1418 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomHigh-Speed Global Connectivity \\u2013 Ask GrampsWisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge.\\xa0Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy.\\xa0Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. Today is Day 1418 of our Trek, and after many months, we are changing our focus on Fridays to become Futuristic Fridays.\\xa0My personality is one that has always been very future-oriented.\\xa0Since my childhood, I have yearned for the exploration and discovery of new technologies and advancements for the future.\\xa0I grew up with the original Star Trek series, and even today, while I am on my 64th revolution around the sun, I still dream of traveling in space. Each week we will explore rapidly converging technologies and advancements that will radically change our perspective of life.\\xa0The topics may sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but each area that we explore is already well on its way of becoming a reality in the next couple of decades.\\xa0\\xa0To keep with our theme of \\u201cAsk Gramps,\\u201d I will put our weekly topics in the form of a question to get us on track.\\xa0So this week\\u2019s question is:\\xa0Hey Gramps, is there one technology that is driving the rapid changes in the world, which will be the catalyst for all other changes?\\xa0


High-Speed Global ConnectivityWith the global pandemic still impacting the world, and when unrest seems to be nearly everywhere, you have to realize that none of these issues will be long-lasting in the grand scheme of the world.\\xa0Many of these issues will speed up the exponential technology that is changing our world today. I am using some of the information mentioned in Peter Diamandis\\u2019s book, which I mentioned in previous episodes, \\u201cThe Future is Faster Than You Think.\\u201d


Global gigabit connectivity will connect everyone and everything, everywhere, at ultra-low-cost: The deployment of both licensed and unlicensed 5G, plus the launch of a multitude of global satellite networks (OneWeb, Starlink, etc.), allow for ubiquitous, low-cost communications for everyone, everywhere\\u2013\\u2013 not to mention the connection of trillions of devices. Today\\u2019s skyrocketing connectivity is bringing online an additional 3 billion individuals, driving tens of trillions of dollars into the global economy. Global gigabit technology is driven by the convergence of: low-cost space launches, hardware advancements, 5G networks, artificial intelligence, materials science, and surging computing power. We\\u2019re about to connect 8 billion people on the planet, everywhere, all the time, at near-zero cost. This is a future of gigabit connection speeds at the top of Mt. Everest or in the Gobi desert.\\xa0Currently, the fastest standard wired internet for most homes is 1-GB speed, which will soon jump to 10-GB over the next few years.\\xa010-GB is the broadband technology platform of the future that will deliver residential internet speeds of 10 gigabits per second \\u2013 10 times faster than today\\u2019s networks. With the power and capacity to change the way we live, learn, work and play, the 10-GB platform will enable creators and innovators to fulfill their dreams while providing the reliability and security that consumers can trust. Imagine downloading a feature-length movie in less time than it takes to read this sentence.


In the decade ahead, the convergence of 5G, satellite constellations, and stratospheric balloons will take us into warp drive, birthing a new age of\\xa0hyperconnectivity.\\xa0This technology is under deployment today, and what will be possible tomorrow.


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