In today’s Wall Street Journal there is a fascinating article opinion piece entitled by ”The Next Sexual Revolution.” It was written by Dr. Robert Dworkin, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
I would strongly encourage viewers to give it a read because it is an excellent example of “jumping the curve.” In short, what Dworkin does in his thought piece is explain how the technology of “vitrification”—which allows a woman to safely store her unfertilized human eggs—will change society once it is fully developed.
And, as Dworkin states, the question is not if this will happen but when. More importantly, though, Dworkin goes on to think through how woman and society will change as a result of this future technology. For example, if women can safely have children when they are 50 years or older, they will no longer be forced to choose between the “mommy” or “career track.” And once this happens, the implications will be huge. Woman will re-think how, where and with whom they will spend the first 50 years of their lives; advertisers may no longer be able to play off a mother’s guilt of trying to balance their home and work responsibilities and they will therefore need to readjust their advertising campaigns; and the competition for a variety of jobs—such as lawyers, doctors, educators and CEO’s—will get that much stiffer because many woman may no longer have to take themselves “out of the game” when they are 35 to raise children.
All-in-all the article does a great job of helping its readers “jump the curve” and see how the accelerating pace of technology will change the world in some pretty fundamental ways in the near future.
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Jack Uldrich is a writer, futurist, public speaker and host of jumpthecurve.net. He is the author of seven books, including Jump the Curve and The Next Big Thing is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business. He is also a frequent speaker on future technology and future trends, nanotechnology, innovation, change management and executive leadership to a variety of businesses, industries and non-profit organizations and trade associations.
