I always find these “our lifetime” articles annoying-——is every single human the same age?
It makes no sense.
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The only thing they are correct about is privacy, which hasn’t really existed for decades.
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I disagree about music. It is one of the most eternal, primal experiences we have and it will NEVER disappear. The music industry is as {bleeped} as it has ever been, full of whores and thieves, but music is still thriving and always will. The industry itself has no choice but to get better. Musicians are gifted from Gd and hard work. They will always be. I have some deep connections to the industry and I see young people who want to change it in good ways, and tech will end up helping (and changing things) just like it does in every facet of life.
I spend a lot of time with people with Alzheimer’s and there is something magical about seeing an old, neurologically broken person in diapers who can’t tell you what Day year or month it is sitting down before the piano and playing an elegant concerto like they did at 25.
I would like to add another thing that is disappearing. That is losing “value.” Antiques. Young people (even including myself and I’m not all that young) have zero interest in antiques for antiques’ sake. Antiques Road Show is a farce now because even though “a similar piece sold at auction once for $10,000,” in 2018 NO ONE WANTS YOURS. Trust me on that one. (However, if you do love American antiques and wish to spend a lot of $ buying them, please don’t hesitate to call me... ;))
Let’s see, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, maybe, and ended 20 years ago but people just started noticing.
Lists of Things that will Disappear will disappear because they are ALWAYS wrong.
We looked at renting a house in Ocracoke and it had a Princess phone. I said that phone is so old, you can call dead people on it.
Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.
The USPS makes billions. But Congress requires them to siphon it off to union pensions. Their biggest job these days is delivering e-commerce.
Wow. Sheesh, glad I’m old, I got to enjoy the good parts.
books are going to become increasingly expensive, perhaps become the newest diamond industry....
try looking for a book from many yrs ago...even a paperback might set you back $10/20 bucks....
The movie theater will be extinct in the future.
In school we were told by 1965 everyone would have flying cars guess some things just don’t work out.
The Post Office is in the constitution. Not sure if it is ever going away.
11 - America being a 1st world country.
hmmmm....
Most software is pretty useless after a while. I moved my photoshop adobe work to the online system. It is nice to know that I always have the most recent tools.
I have microsoft office on the web. I get it at a reduced rate from work. Again, its less than I was paying for it before.
I still own my car, but more and more people wont.
With the advent of auction and sales sites, I have been able to buy high end photography equipment new, and sell it in three years (after being depreciated for two) for almost 85% of what I paid for it.
Its like renting. Only better.
Why buy stuff you that should be replaced every few years when you can rent the latest for less.
As long as you are smart about it. Most people are just greedy. They want more now. Then in three years, you’ve paid for it. And its gone.
Yes ... we’ll lose some things ... but not to worry ... Hillary will be with us forever !
1. Post Office - Wrong. See Constitution.
2. Checks - Wrong. Contract with signature presented in person.
4. The Book - Wrong. E-Books cannot be highlighted. Some geek nerd illiterate programmed HIS inferior software highlights.
3. Newspaper - The Washington Times is still the last worthy paper.