Ah, streaming technology…
Where
I can watch programs in Russian, Chinese (Mandarin?) , Norwegian,
Spanish,
all
subtitled, some better than others. Creative visions from around
the world.
I
can have twenty programs in process of being watched, so when I’m
in a horror or comedy or adventure mood, I stop one program and go
onto the desired one.
Then
there is Youtube on the computer,
Short
or long documentaries on any subject,
fan-fiction
or fan-factoids or simple rants.
As I
write this installers are laying the foundations for 5G cell networks
around town,
cranking
download speeds on a phone up to 100-300MBPS and more.
As
one who is on the wrong side of 60 now, I stand awed on this technological
mountain,
none
of which existed when I was a teenager,
and
under the impression that then was a high point of technical
civilization.
Where
will it all lead? Who knows.
The
world may wipe us out with climate change,
or
we may be able to arrest the worst effects and survive it.
How
long will the human race last?
We
have beaten the odds before.
Maybe
someday people will live to be 200,
and
then not really want to be around to see the mess they have made.
The
future should be interesting, surely not a dull affair.