I sometimes laugh out loud at the chuckleheads who predict with such uninformed, yet earnest certainty at what the immediate and far out future will bring. Competition, especially those that only need a DSL and URL to become an “expert,” in particular make for great hearty belly laughs as they let their silly hopes and dreams trickle out to flavor their “professional” prognostications.
A friend tipped me off to the site epic.makingithappen.co.uk/ http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/, which hosts Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson’s original flash movie, Epic 2014, about the future of media, ostensibly made for “Museum of Media History.” Epic 2014 and its update Epic 2015 are cool for two reasons. First, they are an excellent use of today’s technology to shade a possible media future, and, second, because while I wouldn’t bet on Epic 2015‘s vision of the future at least someone has put some thought into what a possible future might be. Check out 2014 first then treat yourself to 2015.
