a multiverse of exploration: the future of science 2021

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Invisibility cloaks. Space hacking. Quantum consciousness. Open-source biology. Empowered with new tools, processes, and skills, scientists willgain new insight into the mysteries surrounding our brains, biology, and the strange

matter that makes up our reality. We will develop powerful new instruments for gazing

at the farthest reaches of space and descending into the deepest oceans, further

illuminating our place in the universe.

Not only will our knowledge increase but the way science is done will change in

profound ways. A new ecology of science will crystallize, one that shifts from the

insular and closed structures of academic, industrial, and military research toward

open models based on social connection, data commons, and democratized tools

and technology. We will create unprecedented opportunities for collaboration and

resource sharing between large organizations, communities, and individuals. This

radical reimagining of science will supplant current approaches to R&D and inevitably

translate into new technologies as well as new organizational structures.

The most transformational science is driven by curiosity, passion, and the promise

of creating a better world. This map is a guide to finding your own path through the

dynamic, turbulent, and startling multiverse of exploration.


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SIGNALS

Hacking Spacepublic and private access spurs a new space age

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Decrypting the Brainmodeling the complex mind


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Massively Multiplayer Datahuman-data interaction emerges as a core discipline

Sea the Futureoceans become the new frontier for energy,

ecology, and engineering

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Strange Matterunnatural materials reshape our world

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Engineered Evolutionmanipulating biology from the bottom up


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Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein

2006RussellCroman,www.rc-astro.com

Sea the Futureoceans become the new frontier for

energy, ecology, and engineering

The majority of oceanspecies are inventoried

The oceans topmillimeter is mapped

Humans plumbocean depths

Seawater fuels fusion

Decrypting the Brainmodeling the complex mind

Machine learningmelds withcognitive science

Optogeneticsleads to a neural

switchboard

Brain scans recordmind movies

Quantum physicshelps explainconsciousness

Gene jockeysbuild a brain atlas

Hacking Spacepublic and private accessspurs a new space age

Regulatory hurdlesdrive open standardsand coopetition

Zero-G biologyaccelerates drug

discovery

Personal satellitefor $1000

Orbital manufacturingbecomes practical

Discovery of extra-terrestrial life

MassivelyMultiplayer Data

human-data interaction emergesas a core discipline

Data-intensivescience spawns

new discplines

Scientificpapers areexecutableas code

Massively linked databecomes a public utility

A Wikipedia of sciencemodels is created

Science isgameified

Strange Matterunnatural materials reshape our world

Space-time cloaksconceal macro-worldevents

Teleportation scalesup from atoms to

molecules

DNA origami constructsuseful nanodevices

Metamaterials makeinvisibility real

Engineered Evolutionmanipulating biology from the bottom up

Organismsbecome

programmable

New lifeforms createdfrom scratch

Epigenetics informsreal-time genometweaking

Quantum biologyreveals thephysics of life

The humanmicrobiomeis mapped

interstellar cloudsof creation

amplified collaboration

Unprecedented endeavors demandnew skills and communities-of-practice.

peer review and peer pressure

recycle, reuse, research

Obsolete tools are hacked, modded,and shared for new purposes.

New social and crowdsourced systemsemerge for knowledge-sharing and evaluation.

reshuffling the global deck

Innovation increasingly comes frombeyond the Americas and Europe.

public patronage

Community funding and micrograntssupport scientific efforts.

citizens of science

The public is awakened as activecontributors to scientific endeavors.


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