2016: the future of the Internet
As the classics of cyberpunk used to say, the future is already here, only it has not spread enough. Michael Pinto (Michael Pinto), founder and director of Very Memorable Design , publisher of Anime.com and member of the board of directors of the New York Software Association , thinks about the same way. He is the author of the article , which deals with the future of the Internet and the immediate prospects of mankind.
Changes in our world are happening now, as telephone and television are integrated into the Network. This integration is beginning to gradually affect other devices: from a home alarm clock to a book that you read before bedtime. The future Internet will become an integral part of all these sites. In fact, the World Wide Web will cease to be the place where we “enter”; The network will become a place where we are constantly - an important element, without which the world will simply fall apart. The notion of “go online” is replaced by the notion of “being online”.
Simultaneously with the change of worldview will go and the natural change of generations. By 2016, there will not be a single person under the age of forty who would remember life without computers (of course, we are talking about civilized countries and cities). An average youth of twenty will find the stories of older people incredible about earlier times when there was no e-mail or web sites.
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In addition to the widespread penetration of the Network, in ten years another important factor will be felt: the increased computing power of computers. A regular mobile phone will be more powerful than a modern multimedia PC. In addition to mobile phones, computing capabilities will also be built into other inexpensive things. For example, cheap children's toys with elements of artificial intelligence.
As computers become smaller and smaller, the concept of a “desktop computer” will disappear. Computers will be in cars, in kitchens, even in baths.
Due to the ubiquitous availability and increased speed of access to the Web, physical storage devices, such as CDs, DVDs, etc., will naturally die. They, of course, will be used for emergency purposes, but will become a real exotic.
But all these technological changes will not be truly revolutionary. A true revolution will occur in our culture — in how we communicate with each other, in how habitual customs and traditions are transformed under the influence of the Internet. The spirit of the times can be felt on YouTube.com , which contains collections of amateur video clips from around the world. In the list of the most popular videos you can find music videos from China, sports excerpts from Eastern Europe and funny tricks of pets from South America. The World Wide Web turns our planet into one “global village”, where each of the inhabitants is always available online.
Over time, the Internet will be perceived not so much as technology, but rather as an art. Something like this once happened to cinema. At first, a new technology of “moving photography” just appeared, but after decades, Sergei Eisenstein and Charlie Chaplin invented the artistic language of cinema. The same thing will happen with the Internet when the present teenagers become adults - “MySpace generation”, children who have grown up on the Internet.
Changes in our world are happening now, as telephone and television are integrated into the Network. This integration is beginning to gradually affect other devices: from a home alarm clock to a book that you read before bedtime. The future Internet will become an integral part of all these sites. In fact, the World Wide Web will cease to be the place where we “enter”; The network will become a place where we are constantly - an important element, without which the world will simply fall apart. The notion of “go online” is replaced by the notion of “being online”.
Simultaneously with the change of worldview will go and the natural change of generations. By 2016, there will not be a single person under the age of forty who would remember life without computers (of course, we are talking about civilized countries and cities). An average youth of twenty will find the stories of older people incredible about earlier times when there was no e-mail or web sites.
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In addition to the widespread penetration of the Network, in ten years another important factor will be felt: the increased computing power of computers. A regular mobile phone will be more powerful than a modern multimedia PC. In addition to mobile phones, computing capabilities will also be built into other inexpensive things. For example, cheap children's toys with elements of artificial intelligence.
As computers become smaller and smaller, the concept of a “desktop computer” will disappear. Computers will be in cars, in kitchens, even in baths.
Due to the ubiquitous availability and increased speed of access to the Web, physical storage devices, such as CDs, DVDs, etc., will naturally die. They, of course, will be used for emergency purposes, but will become a real exotic.
But all these technological changes will not be truly revolutionary. A true revolution will occur in our culture — in how we communicate with each other, in how habitual customs and traditions are transformed under the influence of the Internet. The spirit of the times can be felt on YouTube.com , which contains collections of amateur video clips from around the world. In the list of the most popular videos you can find music videos from China, sports excerpts from Eastern Europe and funny tricks of pets from South America. The World Wide Web turns our planet into one “global village”, where each of the inhabitants is always available online.
Over time, the Internet will be perceived not so much as technology, but rather as an art. Something like this once happened to cinema. At first, a new technology of “moving photography” just appeared, but after decades, Sergei Eisenstein and Charlie Chaplin invented the artistic language of cinema. The same thing will happen with the Internet when the present teenagers become adults - “MySpace generation”, children who have grown up on the Internet.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/94286/
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