Thinking About Tomorrow

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Thinking About Tomorrow
The Wall Street Journal looks at the future and gets some of it - in my view - just wrong. This, for example: "The clerk may have access to your online profile and shopping history. So, he might mention that the store is having a special on a camera you looked at on a retail site. What's more, he'll mention that your friend Jerry bought it and recommends it." How long do you think we'll put up with that? The author also keeps coming back to 3D holograms - but these will be pale reflections of the cracking-sharp large screens that I think we will come to prefer. More...