Hej, Seryoga. Del 0

Er du kommet her for sjov? Tror du, jeg vil fortælle dig om fremtiden, teknologier, når man skal rydde op på skrivebordet og alt det spændende fra 2020? En eller anden nyhed om droner, virtual reality, tøj lavet af nanofibre og andre herligheder ved livet i fremtiden? Vil jeg give dig en bevidsthed om, at livet bliver bedre for hver dag, der går?
Beklager, det er ikke det, det handler om i dag.

Hvilket år er du født? I 1980? Eller ti år tidligere? Eller måske senere? Eller er du virkelig stadig en skoleelev, der er kommet her for at træne revolutionære tanker? Uanset hvad, vil samtalen blive seriøs.

Kan du huske, hvordan det var før?

Du havde ikke et smart home. Først boede du i dit barndomshjem (hvor dine forældre var de kloge, og du forsøgte at følge med), og derefter, måske, kom dit eget hjem — og der var der en tv. Sådan en stor kasse med tre kanaler og endnu tre, hvis man drejede antennen rigtigt mod syd-sydøst? Der var ikke enorme flade, buede 3D-skærme med så mange kvadratiske pixel, at de kinesiske embedsmænd, der står for folketællingen, ikke engang kunne drømme om det. Der var ikke spillekonsoller, der kunne give grafik, så det føltes som at se en film med rigtige mennesker. Åh, vent, de findes stadig ikke nu. Nå, men.

Du havde ikke et smartwatch. Der var de gamle, farens, Montana eller Elektronika. Den eneste "app" var vækkeure — og det var mere end nok. Der var også cuckoo ure — hvis du er fra den gammeldags tid. Nu har du en Apple Watch. Hvilken farve valgte du, forresten? Og med hvilket rem? Åh, så du har slet ingen? Set en hos en ven? Nå, men, du skal ikke bekymre dig.

Men du har da en fitnessarmbånd, det kan helt sikkert vise tiden. Det måler også puls, blodtryk, hastigheden på månens rotation, tæller skridt, vækker dig når det er nødvendigt — et vidunder, ikke en enhed. Ja, før havde du brug for en læge og din mor til det, og nu har du en separat enhed. Det er fremtiden. Forresten, hvor er dit armbånd? Remmen gik i stykker? Og ingen god app? Nå, sådan er det. Men dine smarte sneakers, shorts og T-shirt — de er da helt sikkert til stede? Ser du, fremtiden er tættere på, end du tror. Hvad, de skal stadig vaskes, og de samler af en eller anden grund stadig sved og snavs i 2020? Kom nu, vær ikke ked af det.

For a long time, you didn't have a thirteen-inch tablet with internet, videos, and games — it wasn't necessary. Well, I agree with you here, nothing has changed now.

You also didn't have a car that was smarter than you. It was just stronger at most, but in that case, you had a hammer and that was that. Remember how it appeared? Did your father give it to you again? Or did you buy it for yourself because you saved on school breakfasts? What difference does it make now — you have Google cars, Tesla vehicles, and Yandex drones. Wait, how do you even have those?

Technology just came along — before, you could easily do without all of it. At first, you didn’t even know that the internet existed, because it really didn't. Then you heard about a strange thing somewhere, and after that, you took a glance in the browser window at your relatives’. You bought a computer, a modem, a card for an hour of internet — and you were gone. Remember, plain text on pages was enough for you, and the main requirement was the absence of gobbledygook. And now what? Adaptive layout? Rounded tiles in Internet Explorer 6? Material design from every corner?

Before, you were always hanging out with friends in the real world, until you got Jabber. Or ICQ. You did have ICQ, right? Remember your UIN and password? Do you know why you don't remember?

Because before, you didn’t have the ability to send a letter to anyone in the world with internet access. Then it appeared, and now you’re everywhere — on Facebook, Viber, Telegram, and WhatsApp? What, did Durov say something about WhatsApp again? Well, live with that now.

Although, of course, it's not all bad. Yes, it was cozy and warm back then. Motherboards were greener, and your shirt after training was wetter. I agree, it's a problem — and you and I see examples of cool overly modern things only through the browser while guys in academic robes and/or expensive suits experience it all themselves. Listen, come over for a visit. We’ll chat, discuss everything, and reminisce about the past — how great it was, back at the dawn of the technology we once witnessed.

What, you don't like parties? At least you're still a living person and at least you go out to get food. You do go out, right? What's buzzing outside? Is a drone delivering food?

Men ellers — hej, Søren!

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