So I just thought of something.
Books, magazines, newspapers and all kinds of physically printed information are gradually in decline. 30 years ago an advisor told me that, 30 years later there will be no more books, there won't be a need for them, but what that advisor forgot to think of is the people that grew up with books will still be here in 30 years. Those people will still love the feeling of sitting down by the fireplace and reading a good book even when it's 2020, but the people born in 2000 will not have grown up with books like those in the 1950's or even 1980's, instead they will have grown up with computers, T.V cell phones and all those other digital devices.
So once the generations that read those books die off completely and we are only left with generations that grew up with computers (2000 onward), will there be any books?
Well I was born in the 90's so I grew up with T.V and all that shit, cell phones when they were still black and white colored and the size of my hand so I am used to those things. I will always love to sit my ass down on the couch, grab a bag of chips and watch some Canucks vs Avs action, but let's think for a sec.
A computer even now has the capability to watch T.V right? I will never use that feature myself because I love watching an actual T.V and using the remote and everything, it's just something I'm used to, just like the people who read books, newspapers and magazines by a fireplace. My grandpa was the one who was told by the advisor about the books being gone in thirty years, and she was wrong, but my grandpa grew up with books. I was born in the 90's and never needed books, so I still don't read them even today in 2009 and I never will, instead I will watch my T.V and go on facebook.
But T.V is really innuficiant just like books are. Think about it. If a television station that started in 1930 broadcasted new stuff 24/7 to this very minute, YouTube in it's 3 years as a website will have WAY more information than that TV station. T.V is innificiant, expensive, and in my opinion will be unneeded for future generations.
Once my generation dies off, and my childrens generation dies off, and maybe even my grandchildren die off T.V will die off with it, and books will have been gone for a long time. Once my parents, grandparents, and my generation dies off I doubt books will be here (not literally, there will always be some books, but I doubt libraries will be as numerous as they are now, maybe one per city, instead of like the 20-50 or something we have now.)
Books will have died off because the people that loved them and grew up with them will have died off with them, T.V will die off with me and my grandchildren because the people that loved to sit their ass down and watch some sports will be able to do that on their computer, and those people will grow up using only computers, not T.V's or books.
Maybe PC's will die off as well since cellphones are getting more and more powerful (smart phones) and eventually will be just as capable as an at home PC for pretty cheap so why have a stationary computer that is big if you can have one in your pocket wherever you go.
Eventually holographic technology will be there so you can have a 50 inch monitor anywhere you go, and we already have virtual keyboards so a cellphone could become a desktop workstation anywhere. Newspapers will die off with the generations as well because computers already have those now, and if the generations that used the physical newspapers die off, so will the physical newspapers.
Look at human history for a sec. We used to battle with swords, shields, horses, bows and arrows. Those were replaced by guns, tanks, bombs, planes, boats, subs and nukes, but before that replacement could take place 100% the people that used the swords and shields had to die off. Even look at Napoleon, he laughed at the idea of coal powered ships, he said "you would make a ship move against the waves by lighting a bon fire under it's deck? HAHAHA." So he stuck with what he was used to, but that coal ship was much more efficient and powerful than any sail boat...
What do you think? Do you think books/physical newspapers will last the test of time, or even T.V for that matter? Wikipedia and the internet in general has a lot more information than all the books in the world and can be accessed by a computer.
Books, magazines, newspapers and all kinds of physically printed information are gradually in decline. 30 years ago an advisor told me that, 30 years later there will be no more books, there won't be a need for them, but what that advisor forgot to think of is the people that grew up with books will still be here in 30 years. Those people will still love the feeling of sitting down by the fireplace and reading a good book even when it's 2020, but the people born in 2000 will not have grown up with books like those in the 1950's or even 1980's, instead they will have grown up with computers, T.V cell phones and all those other digital devices.
So once the generations that read those books die off completely and we are only left with generations that grew up with computers (2000 onward), will there be any books?
Well I was born in the 90's so I grew up with T.V and all that shit, cell phones when they were still black and white colored and the size of my hand so I am used to those things. I will always love to sit my ass down on the couch, grab a bag of chips and watch some Canucks vs Avs action, but let's think for a sec.
A computer even now has the capability to watch T.V right? I will never use that feature myself because I love watching an actual T.V and using the remote and everything, it's just something I'm used to, just like the people who read books, newspapers and magazines by a fireplace. My grandpa was the one who was told by the advisor about the books being gone in thirty years, and she was wrong, but my grandpa grew up with books. I was born in the 90's and never needed books, so I still don't read them even today in 2009 and I never will, instead I will watch my T.V and go on facebook.
But T.V is really innuficiant just like books are. Think about it. If a television station that started in 1930 broadcasted new stuff 24/7 to this very minute, YouTube in it's 3 years as a website will have WAY more information than that TV station. T.V is innificiant, expensive, and in my opinion will be unneeded for future generations.
Once my generation dies off, and my childrens generation dies off, and maybe even my grandchildren die off T.V will die off with it, and books will have been gone for a long time. Once my parents, grandparents, and my generation dies off I doubt books will be here (not literally, there will always be some books, but I doubt libraries will be as numerous as they are now, maybe one per city, instead of like the 20-50 or something we have now.)
Books will have died off because the people that loved them and grew up with them will have died off with them, T.V will die off with me and my grandchildren because the people that loved to sit their ass down and watch some sports will be able to do that on their computer, and those people will grow up using only computers, not T.V's or books.
Maybe PC's will die off as well since cellphones are getting more and more powerful (smart phones) and eventually will be just as capable as an at home PC for pretty cheap so why have a stationary computer that is big if you can have one in your pocket wherever you go.
Eventually holographic technology will be there so you can have a 50 inch monitor anywhere you go, and we already have virtual keyboards so a cellphone could become a desktop workstation anywhere. Newspapers will die off with the generations as well because computers already have those now, and if the generations that used the physical newspapers die off, so will the physical newspapers.
Look at human history for a sec. We used to battle with swords, shields, horses, bows and arrows. Those were replaced by guns, tanks, bombs, planes, boats, subs and nukes, but before that replacement could take place 100% the people that used the swords and shields had to die off. Even look at Napoleon, he laughed at the idea of coal powered ships, he said "you would make a ship move against the waves by lighting a bon fire under it's deck? HAHAHA." So he stuck with what he was used to, but that coal ship was much more efficient and powerful than any sail boat...
What do you think? Do you think books/physical newspapers will last the test of time, or even T.V for that matter? Wikipedia and the internet in general has a lot more information than all the books in the world and can be accessed by a computer.