Both Epic 2015 and The Future of Communications revealed prophecies that I do not want to be fulfilled. The thought of a completely virtual world where people will never have to step out of their homes is not only terrifying, its disappointing. I prefer actually living my life to mastering it via remote control thank you very much. While it is true that newspapers and other forms of communication have become "paperless," which is better for the environment, I do not want Google to be able to calculate my exact location on the planet. Privacy has already become a fleeting notion of the past, so I cannot imagine the implications of the technologies to which both videos allude. The thought of one company essentially controlling our economy is also not the most comforting idea.
After managing to move past the inaudible narration of "The Future of Communication" and the eerie style of Epic 2015, I came to the conclusion that Epic 2015 was more believable. The videos predictions about the major companies of this technological era competing and being eventually bought out seemed correct, I wonder what the effects of such a merge would be. Also, the idea that everyone would eventually be contributing to the internet and being paid for it seemed like a great plan to me, especially since we're all doing that already.
No one knows for sure...see you in 2015 (possibly as an avatar?)
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one." - Voltaire
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