Telsa is planning on an ~$30,000 model in the next few years. If they achieve this price point and maintain the quality of their current models, I think that they will have an all electric car that many people will want
But the second half of the article (Speculations On The Future of Science) goes into the details: the multiple hypothesis matrix, zilionics, deep simulations, and hyper-analysis mapping are among some of the more interesting predictions. One of the more interesting quotes FTA: "Technology is, in its essence, new ways of thinking. The most powerful type of technology, sometimes called enabling technology, is a thought incarnate which enables new knowledge to find and develop news ways to know. This kind of recursive bootstrapping is how science evolves. As in every type of knowledge, it accrues layers of self-reference to its former state."
Sadly, I was led to this article after reading this piece on the future of the US Space Program.
HOLY MACRO!