Number 3– Social networking. Believe it or not, soon the next time you get to be born, the doctors at the hospital will be doling you out with an instant twitter and facebook account where you and the rest of the world can keep tab on everything that matters- because remember- it all comes down to marketing, and even it may appear ghastly to twitter how you beat some little kid up for stealing your sandwich, it will be de rigeur and before you know it the world will follow you and make you their own reality show specimen- albeit via social networking tools implanted in your membrane.
Which leads us to introducing the new must have toy for 2011- quora. Whatta? Quora bitches! And what does this do? It essentially networks you to the cyber world 24/7. But how does it work? As the guardian tells us Quora is a simple question-and-answer site.
Whatever your question, type it in the search box and, if there isn’t already an answer there, users will pile in and attempt to answer it. Information is organised more like Wikipedia than Google, with answers prioritised by how useful they are, but the site uses Twitter-style following to track the best contributors.
And how did it get so famous? Because all the clever media whores out in Silicon Valley figured out that it was tre useful and a clever way to get you to engage with them, as if somehow you were building a real life bond. And frankly who doesn’t enjoy building bonds with people whom they’ve net met in person? You frankly.
Number 2- The year of the diabolical. Kids, this is where you should go looking for your pillows and favorite liquor bar, because this year we’re betting things are going to get more extreme and bent out of shape. Why? Well- it’s got something to do with the fact the more we all gestate to a collective state of mind the more we get to overreact and fall off our chairs when the music suddenly stops and all you dizzy sprigots are sent scurrying questioning your belief system and why technology, financial theory or if falling dead birds by the thousands is any guide why nature no longer works like it is supposed to. It’s bound to happen and whether from exogenous or internal shocks or disruptions the shit is going to hit the fan and the smarter of you will do quite well and position yourselves for such things while the rest of you if history is any guide will sit it out waiting for death and the plague or go on rabid street protests. Probably the former. Oh dear.
Number 1: The super rich are going to get richer, and the poor poorer. Let the tears run, which is why it’s your job if living in western society still appeals to you should be devising plans on how you too can realize the American myth dream or at the very least ride the co-tails of those who are positioning themselves to continue extracting more of the wealth.
According to one report, courtesy of the atlantic that should have your heart fluttering –
