The "Things" That You Own. Many of the very possessions that
we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually
own them in the future. They may simply reside in "the cloud."
Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures,
music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD,
and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of that is
changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up
their latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on
a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system.
So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the
Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the
Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the
cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the
cloud provider.
In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your
whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news.
But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be
able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of
the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical?
It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that photo
album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.
Read also about the future of:
Books,
Checks,
Deindustrialization,
Music,
Newspapers,
Post Office,
Privacy,
Telephone Land Lines, and
Television.
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