Imagined Future Scenarios
Ethics in Art, Plausible Futures, Short Term (1 - 3 years)
Scenario Generated from 'AmpliTech Group To Feature Latest ORAN 5G High Speed Products At The MWC Show in Barcelona' - GlobeNewswire
Future Arc and Implications
Grow Arc
Social Impact: Constant surveillance becomes normalized as entertainment, eroding privacy expectations.
Technological Impact: 5G infrastructure expands rapidly, with advanced AI powering personalized, but invasive, artistic experiences.
Ecological Impact: Increased energy consumption from massive data processing and 5G infrastructure exacerbates environmental problems.
Economic Impact: The immersive art industry booms, driven by widespread adoption and heavy investment, creating significant wealth for a few.
Political Impact: Governments struggle to regulate the increasingly powerful art-surveillance complex, often siding with economic growth over privacy.
Narrative: Immersive art fueled by unethical 5G technology becomes a ubiquitous, addictive form of entertainment, normalizing constant surveillance.
Collapse Arc
Social Impact: Widespread distrust and social unrest erupt as the extent of surveillance becomes apparent, fracturing communities.
Technological Impact: 5G infrastructure fails due to neglect and lack of maintenance, leading to the abandonment of immersive art.
Ecological Impact: Energy grid failures due to unsustainable consumption cause widespread blackouts and technology shutdowns.
Economic Impact: The immersive art market crashes entirely, leaving artists and investors bankrupt and disillusioned.
Political Impact: Governments collapse or are overthrown due to societal outrage and the inability to provide basic services.
Narrative: The unsustainable practices of immersive art using unethical 5G technology lead to a total societal and technological collapse.
Discipline Arc
Social Impact: Strict regulations on data collection and usage are enforced, impacting artistic expression and freedom.
Technological Impact: Technology is repurposed for social monitoring and control, with artistic expression serving a propagandist purpose.
Ecological Impact: Energy consumption is strictly rationed, limiting the scale and complexity of immersive art experiences.
Economic Impact: The art market becomes centralized and controlled by the state, prioritizing art that aligns with the prevailing ideology.
Political Impact: Governments exert absolute control over artistic expression, using 5G surveillance to monitor and suppress dissent.
Narrative: A totalitarian regime uses strict regulations and 5G surveillance to control artistic expression, suppressing dissent and promoting propaganda.
Transform Arc
Social Impact: A renewed emphasis on ethical art practices emerges, valuing consent, transparency, and community engagement.
Technological Impact: Secure and decentralized technologies are developed to protect privacy and promote artistic freedom, moving away from invasive 5G.
Ecological Impact: Sustainable energy sources power environmentally friendly immersive art experiences, prioritizing ecological responsibility.
Economic Impact: A cooperative and localized art economy emerges, prioritizing community benefit over profit maximization.
Political Impact: Decentralized governance structures empower citizens to participate in shaping ethical art policy.
Narrative: A paradigm shift towards ethical and sustainable immersive art practices emerges, prioritizing community, privacy, and ecological responsibility, driven by decentralized technologies.
