What Amazon Will Be Like in 2030

emoorman · 04-14-2011, 08:36 AM

Here's an interesting article from Fox Business News. Build a better mousetrap.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/technolog...zon-like-2030/

Giggleton · 04-14-2011, 09:25 AM

I doubt copyright is going to be around in 2030. If Amazon is still relevant in the future as an ebook distributor they will have combined their cloud storage with marketing and a payment system to distribute monies to the most popular books.

RainingLemur · 04-14-2011, 10:38 AM

I could definitely see a few of those possibilities/ideas coming true. Especially the space ship one.

GA Russell · 04-14-2011, 01:25 PM

Thanks for that link!

fjtorres · 04-14-2011, 03:56 PM

Going by how he runs Amazon, Bezos probably has Blue Origin working on a skyhook.

kennyc · 04-14-2011, 09:57 PM

Interesting, thanks!

WT Sharpe · 04-17-2011, 04:13 AM

Great link. And I hope Prime members will get a discount on travel via Jeff Bezos' spaceship.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 04-20-2011, 12:42 PM

The article may as well have been posted on April 1. A lot of "we don't see why"s and "there's no reason"s, with no actual suggestions as to how Amazon will do any of those things.

I could as easily postulate that Amazon will, by 2030, own the Moon; that Bezos will be the undisputed ruler of Earth; and that Amazon will have perfected time travel, transmutation and matter teleportation. Oh, and they will have been the first to contact aliens.

Similar things have been said about companies like Microsoft, IBM, AT&T, and probably Edison Electric. But times change, competitors alter priorities and influences, the public gets fickle, and accidents happen. Despite Bezos' best intentions, anything could happen to Amazon in the next 20 years, and we could be saying similar things about a company called Nile or ShatStorm or Escobeanie Barnes.

Bottom line: Put these predictions into the proper category--sci-fi--and leave 'em there.

kjk · 04-20-2011, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan

I could as easily postulate that Amazon will, by 2030, own the Moon; that Bezos will be the undisputed ruler of Earth; and that Amazon will have perfected time travel, transmutation and matter teleportation. Oh, and they will have been the first to contact aliens.

Bottom line: Put these predictions into the proper category--sci-fi--and leave 'em there.

, ok...but one down to earth one: Amazon android tablet before this Christmas, 2011. Mark it down, Steven.

jhempel24 · 04-21-2011, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan

I could as easily postulate that Amazon will, by 2030, own the Moon; that Bezos will be the undisputed ruler of Earth; and that Amazon will have perfected time travel, transmutation and matter teleportation. Oh, and they will have been the first to contact aliens.

I don't know man, Oprah is giving away a continent a day in her last week of network television, and I bet she'll give away the moon in raffle her first day she is on OWN, and she's already met the alien Cruise.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 04-21-2011, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kjk

, ok...but one down to earth one: Amazon android tablet before this Christmas, 2011. Mark it down, Steven.

Place yer bets... everyone's a winnah! Place yer bets!

kennyc · 04-21-2011, 07:23 PM

I say it's going to happen....see the stupid nook thread where I'm arguing this.

kjk · 04-21-2011, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

I say it's going to happen....see the stupid nook thread where I'm arguing this.

I agree with you. And I think it will do well-I believe that Amazon will have the first really successful Android tablet.

04-14-2011, 08:36 AM	#1
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Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	I doubt copyright is going to be around in 2030. If Amazon is still relevant in the future as an ebook distributor they will have combined their cloud storage with marketing and a payment system to distribute monies to the most popular books.

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RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	I could definitely see a few of those possibilities/ideas coming true. Especially the space ship one.

04-14-2011, 01:25 PM	#4
GA Russell Stampeders are hot! Posts: 7,692 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Thanks for that link!

04-14-2011, 03:56 PM	#5
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04-14-2011, 09:57 PM	#6
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,897 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Interesting, thanks!

04-17-2011, 04:13 AM	#7
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Great link. And I hope Prime members will get a discount on travel via Jeff Bezos' spaceship.

04-20-2011, 12:42 PM	#8
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	The article may as well have been posted on April 1. A lot of "we don't see why"s and "there's no reason"s, with no actual suggestions as to how Amazon will do any of those things. I could as easily postulate that Amazon will, by 2030, own the Moon; that Bezos will be the undisputed ruler of Earth; and that Amazon will have perfected time travel, transmutation and matter teleportation. Oh, and they will have been the first to contact aliens. Similar things have been said about companies like Microsoft, IBM, AT&T, and probably Edison Electric. But times change, competitors alter priorities and influences, the public gets fickle, and accidents happen. Despite Bezos' best intentions, anything could happen to Amazon in the next 20 years, and we could be saying similar things about a company called Nile or ShatStorm or Escobeanie Barnes. Bottom line: Put these predictions into the proper category--sci-fi--and leave 'em there.

04-21-2011, 07:23 PM	#12
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,897 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I say it's going to happen....see the stupid nook thread where I'm arguing this.

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