August 18, 2010
Start the church organ music now.
Just for fun here is a random sampling of every day items, services and objects that I predict will be extinct within the next 20 years (or at least not being mass produced and consumed). In other words, obsolete:
- Wrist watches
- CD players
- Coal
- DVD players
- Public payphones
- Ashton Kutcher
- Computer keyboards
- Newspapers (at least the kind that comes in a printed version)
- Paperback novels
- Gasoline-powered automobiles
- Justin Bieber
- Power chords
- Camera film
- Movie theaters (they go the way of book and video rental stores)
- Personal computers
- Network television
- Privacy
Anything to add? What do you think will be long forgotten or unused in 2030?
Links:
The Beloit College Mindset List
Photo by Adam Selwood (via Flickr)
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Nice list, George. I love the mix of tangible items (wrist watch, power cords), and thought-provoking items (Facebook) – and the funny ones (Justin Bieber).
And I love the last entry. Isn’t it already obsolete?
Some would argue that it is!