Multimedia Week Three

It sure is a weird feeling having someone tell you that the internet is only 5000 days old (Well, a little more at this given time, but my point still stands) because it feels like it's been so much longer than that. Kevin Kelly's talk about the next 5000 days in the lifespan of the internet was really an interesting one. It's clear that this guy knows what he's talking about, and even though it was made back in 2007, some points still stand.

I think what I found to be the most interesting from his video was the talk of how everything will eventually be part of the web. It sounds like such an unnerving topic when it's worded like that. It's some horror movie where the internet slowly assimilates everything in the world. Not a super fun topic. Of course, that's just crazy talk on my end. The actual claims were a lot more tame and all jokes aside, it sounds incredibly likely that in the next couple of years, everything will be more and more attached to the web. The quote I found the most interesting was saying that the web is like a black hole. And he is absolutely right. If you look around more and more at everything, you'll probably notice that more things are somehow connected to the internet. Some more than others. It could be something as simple as a nearby company advertising it's Facebook page, or something bigger like a new product that is connected online for whatever reason. As time passes, more and more things will be brought to the web.

Seriously though, the way it's worded here makes it sound a lot more negative than it could be. There are always consequences to connecting more things to the internet, but generally there are good things to come out of it too. It's really hard for me to say right now if it's a positive or negative thing, but I guess we'll just have to find out during the next 5000 days. And hope we don't all die or something by some internet apocalypse in the meantime.