Pew internet's Experts Optimistic About the Next 50 Years of Digital Life project asked hundreds of technology experts how people's lives might be impacted by the evolution of the internet over the next 50 years.
72% of the respondents said there would be change for the better, 25% said there would be change for the worse and 3% believe there would be no significant change.
Key quote on why most are positive:
The optimists responding to the better-worse-no change question expressed hope that in the next 50 years digital advances will lead to longer lifespans, greater leisure, more equitable distributions of wealth and power and other possibilities to enhance human well-being.
But as Pew points out, even most of the optimists said there are potential downsides:
... nearly all of these experts’ written predictions included warnings about the possibilities of greater surveillance and data-abuse practices by corporations and governments, porous security for digitally connected systems and the prospect of greater economic inequality and digital divides unless policy solutions push societies in different directions.
What these experts recognize is technology can be used for both good and evil purposes. It's up to us to decide which.
The report is long, but the first page provides an excellent summary.
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