Futurist Richard Watson has come up with a timeline for when certain technologies, companies and customs (like spelling!) will become extinct. Watson notes that it’s mostly just for fun — not to be taken too seriously. Here’s a small sampling:
Richard Watson’s “Extinction Timeline” (click here for the one-page .pdf)
- 2013: fax machines
- 2014: “getting lost”
- 2015: telephone directories, receptionists
- 2019: libraries
- 2020: copyright
- 2022: blogging, spelling
- 2033: coins
- 2035: oil
- 2049: physical newspapers
For Watson’s reasoning behind the predictions, you’ll need to read his new book: “Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years.”
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