The Future
Microsoft made a video that presents to us a glimpse into the (near?) future. I really like it because with the current technology, everything shown is very feasible very soon. In less than a year, it will be 2010. Doesn’t that seem like the “future” to you? 2000-2009 seem like years with no category. They’re not old, but they’re not the “future” either. They’re just novel years because finally we get to use 20 instead of 19. BUT, 2010, that’s a different story. In all the movies, you know the setting is the “future” when you see the year as 2010 or above. Now we’ll be living in it. Is it everything you dreamed it would be?
With the speed of improvement though, our generation’s fascination in shiny pretty things degenerates at a quicker rate. This point was so clearly (but amusingly) stated by Louis CK in his interview with Conan here.