June 13, 2010
Predictions for the Future
Some random foresights I have had:
1) “Down with Conformity” T-shirts will become so popular, they will become an ironic symbol of conformity.
2) When we look at the Internet, we will not be able to tell the content apart from the ads apart from the URL bar. Wait, that’s already happening.
3) The “blog” will slowly become obsolete — so slowly that no one will notice, and millions of people will continue to use an obsolete form of communication. Oh, that’s already happening too. Never mind.
4) Black will be the new black.
5) XKCD will become a network (a la I Can Haz Cheezburger), become a franchise, and be bought out by Google. Not necessarily in that order.
6) The technology that fish use to get oxygen out of water will become widely available. We will have gills that can be turned on and off at the touch of a button. Eventually we — like the fish before us — will all die from sewage inhalation.
