All the future “vision” videos I’ve seen circulating these days present the same dystopian take on our fate: that we’ll be further enslaved by our touch screens, viewing the world entirely through them, whether standing at our bathroom mirror in the morning or looking out the taxicab window at night.
Cases in point, to name a few:
Corning - “A Day Made of Glass”
EXOdesk - “The Desk of the Future”
Microsoft - “Productivity Future Vision”
Kudos to the first consumer goods company that can show me a vision of the future that has me experiencing my reality as it is, not an “enhanced” version of it. Perhaps a technology that keeps technology at bay… isolates it to a suitable realm, leaving the rest of the world untouched.
Am I the only one that doesn’t want digital overlays on everything I see or touch? We spend enough time with our heads buried in technology - shouldn’t we focus on how to create more authentic experiences, rather than foursquare checkins?
Unsurprisingly, Louis C.K. sums it up better than I can:
