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Douglas Adams - Hyperland | A fantastical guided look at the future of the internet as imagined by Douglas Adams in the 1990s
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- Title
- Douglas Adams - Hyperland
- Authors
- *UncleJoe* Obscure [Media]
- Duration
- 49:22
- Published
- Mar 23 2014
I was looking hard for this video after after being reminded of a bygone era of this concept of Multimedia and hyperlinks/hypertext being the next big thing.
I think this is wonderful optimistic look at a potential future for what the internet could have become as per the keen mind of Douglas Adams.
This video has some really neat clips of interviews, historical footage, and this fun ethereal vibe of having intelligent, agent driven predictive access to any piece of information you'd ever need.
I wonder what Douglas Adams would think of the current Internet and Tech-Scape.
One of my first thoughts about ChatGPT was that Reason, from the first Dirk Gently book, is finally a reality after all these years. I love Adams’ takes on technology, that mash up of his sci-fi sensibilities and his obvious glee to be on the cutting edge of a genuinely new field 20 years before I was old enough to get involved - I think it was The Salmon of Doubt that really drove a lot of that home? Anyway, thanks for posting this, I’m very excited to watch as soon as I can make the time!
Huh never read the book, I loved the show though.
"A computer program called Reason can retroactively justify any decision, providing an incontrovertible argument that whatever was decided was the right thing to do. The software proves so successful that the Pentagon buys it lock, stock, and barrel, shortly before a dramatic increase in public approval of military spending.The ironically named Reason program does the opposite of basing belief on facts and reasoning, manufacturing facts and reasoning to fit a desired conclusion."
Haha Sounds like hallucinations of ChatGPT
Wonder how he’d feel about smart watches
They're a pretty neat idea