🌊 How technology will start biting at the larger sectors of GDP

Contents:

• 🎡 What is Technology?

• 🌊 How will technology infuse itself in every sector?

  • Education

  • Health

  • Finance

  • Law

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• 📚 Technologies disrupting traditional sectors

• 🙏🏻 Grateful for…

Technology is a better way of doing things. Marc Andreessen

🎡 What is Technology?

The wheel was technology when it came out, oil and gasoline were great technological advances at one point. Salt was an amazing technology that allow ancient cultures to turn bodies into mommies, it was used as a form of payment (SALary), to melt ice faster, and to signal wealth by accumulating it, among many other uses.

Today technology comes in many forms but is mainly thought of as the devices that allow us to speed up tasks, connect to the world, retrieve information, get educated, and work, and the superhighway that allows these devices to connect and interact.

We are witnessing exponential technological advances all around us, but we are still at a very early stage when it comes to this technology infiltrating and disrupting the major economic sectors of our world.

Like many ancient technologies, today’s technology is still adopted with skepticism and regulated by those bodies who benefit financially from the status quo and from “the way things ought to be.”

How will technology infuse itself in every sector?

Here are a few examples:

Education:

One of the main motivators to go to school and educate ourselves is to get a better job or position within our industry. As employers and companies continue to change the criteria they use to hire workers and realize that an overprice, homogeneous, and outdated school curriculum is not providing students with the tools necessary to execute a job, they will search for candidates with real-life experiences, short but focus hands-on education, critical thinking skills, great communication skills, and exponential mindsets.

Some ways technology has already impacted education include:

1. Online learning: Online platforms offer a wide range of courses and educational resources for students to access from anywhere with an internet connection.

2. Personalized learning: AI-powered learning systems can adapt to each student's unique pace and learning style, providing a personalized educational experience.

3. Gamification: Games and simulations can be used to make learning more engaging and interactive and help students retain information better.

4. Virtual and augmented reality: VR and AR can be used to create immersive educational experiences, such as visiting historical sites or conducting virtual experiments.

5. Collaborative learning: Online tools and platforms allow students to collaborate and communicate with each other, regardless of physical location.

Overall, technology has the potential to greatly enhance the education experience by providing new and innovative ways to learn and interact with educational content.

🏥 Health

I am appalled at the fact that I don’t have easy access to my medical and dental records. This data should be saved on a private blockchain that I own allowing me to give and revoke access to doctors and other companies as needed. This technology exists but the bureaucracy does too, which impedes the ownership of certain data by those who should own it.

Some ways technology is already disrupting the healthcare system include:

1. Telemedicine: Patients can now consult with healthcare providers remotely, reducing the need for in-person visits and increasing access to care.

2. Electronic Health Records (EHRs): EHRs allow healthcare providers to store, manage, and access patient health information in a centralized and secure manner, improving patient outcomes and reducing medical errors.

3. Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI is being used to analyze patient data and make predictions about patient health, enabling healthcare providers to make more informed decisions and provide better care.

4. Wearables and remote monitoring: Wearable devices and remote monitoring systems allow patients to track their health data and share it with their healthcare providers, enabling them to better manage chronic conditions.

5. Robotic surgery: Robotics and automation are being used to assist in surgical procedures, reducing the invasiveness of procedures and improving patient outcomes.

6. Brain-computer interface (BCI) enables a person to control an external device using brain signals. BCIs could aid people with disabilities and improve any physical capability, among other uses. Implanter computer interfaces could be developed for other parts of the body to aid in functioning and communicate abnormalities to outward devices.

Overall, technology has the potential to greatly improve the healthcare system by providing new and innovative tools and solutions for delivering care, managing patient health, and improving patient outcomes.

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🏦 Finance

Technology is disrupting finance in many ways, including:

1. Digital payments: The rise of digital payments and mobile banking is changing the way consumers interact with financial institutions and making transactions faster and more convenient.

2. Fintech: Financial technology (fintech) companies are using technology to provide new and innovative financial products and services, such as peer-to-peer (P2P) lending and robo-advisors.

3. Blockchain: Blockchain technology is being used to create secure and transparent financial transactions, reducing the need for intermediaries and improving efficiency.

4. Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI is being used to analyze financial data and make predictions, enabling financial institutions to make more informed decisions and improve the accuracy of their risk assessments.

5. Cybersecurity: As financial transactions become increasingly digital, technology is also being used to improve cybersecurity and prevent fraud.

Overall, technology has the potential to greatly improve the financial sector by providing new and innovative tools and solutions for managing money, making transactions, and reducing risk.

⚖️ Law

Technology has the potential to greatly disrupt the legal sector by improving efficiency, access to justice, and decision-making. Some ways technology is already disrupting the law include:

1. Online legal services: Online platforms are providing legal services, such as document drafting and legal advice, making it easier and more convenient for people to access legal help.

2. Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI is being used in legal research, contract analysis, and predictive analytics, improving the speed and accuracy of legal work and also there may be AI lawyers.

3. Electronic discovery: Electronic discovery tools are being used in the litigation process to search, identify, and produce electronic documents and other digital data, streamlining the discovery process.

4. Online dispute resolution: Online dispute resolution platforms are being developed and used to resolve disputes, reducing the need for in-person hearings and improving access to justice.

5. Blockchain: Blockchain technology is being explored for its potential to improve the security and immutability of legal records, as well as for smart contract automation.

Overall, technology has the potential to greatly improve the legal sector by providing new and innovative tools and solutions for accessing legal services, conducting legal work, and resolving disputes.