• In 25 Years – A Collaborative Time Capsule

  The In 25 Years time capsule is a collaborative letter to the future, written and read on camera by those of us in the soon-to-be past. These videos will be collected and stored in a strategically hidden, hermetically sealed time capsule until 2035 when older versions of our current selves will dig them up and hold a screening party 25 years in the making. Serious nostalgia shall ensue.

  tags: future time capsule video

• The Internet Problem: when an abundance of choice becomes an issue | Technology | guardian.co.uk

  tags: internet reform future decision-making

  • how do you choose when the constraints of geography, income and circumstance disappear? What goes in a playlist when all the music ever recorded is one click away? Which experts’ thought processes should you tap into when tens of millions of them are on Twitter? How do you choose a book from the millions that you can discover with a Google Books search?

    But as hard as it is to navigate the infinite universe of potential input, deciding what to “do” with all that information is even harder.

  • the old problem of overcoming constraints to action has been replaced by the new problem of deciding what to do when the constraints fall away.
  • The former world demanded relentless fixity of purpose and quick-handed snatching at opportunity; the new world demands the kind of self-knowledge that comes from quiet, mindful introspection.

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