6G will not be a consumer upgrade like the iPhone 3G to 4G. It will be invisible, hyper-local, and deeply contentious. It will require us to wallpaper our cities with intelligent surfaces, surrender our physical presence to radio sensing, and decide whether China, the US, or the EU dictates the protocol for reality itself.
Dateline: Q2 2026
China views 6G as a strategic imperative to recover from what it perceives as a disadvantage in the 5G era (hampered by US sanctions).
In 5G, remote surgery has a risk of lag. In 6G, the surgeon wears a haptic glove that receives "force feedback" from the robot arm cutting tissue. If the tissue density changes, the glove stiffens instantly. This requires 6G’s (the "seven nines").
6G will not be a consumer upgrade like the iPhone 3G to 4G. It will be invisible, hyper-local, and deeply contentious. It will require us to wallpaper our cities with intelligent surfaces, surrender our physical presence to radio sensing, and decide whether China, the US, or the EU dictates the protocol for reality itself.
Dateline: Q2 2026
China views 6G as a strategic imperative to recover from what it perceives as a disadvantage in the 5G era (hampered by US sanctions). 6g position
In 5G, remote surgery has a risk of lag. In 6G, the surgeon wears a haptic glove that receives "force feedback" from the robot arm cutting tissue. If the tissue density changes, the glove stiffens instantly. This requires 6G’s (the "seven nines"). 6G will not be a consumer upgrade like the iPhone 3G to 4G