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Things that are being killed off by digitalisation

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21 Things that are being killed off by digitalisation

1. Memory
2. Privacy
3. Experts
4. Concentration
5. Listening to a whole album
6. Punctuality
7. Telephone directories
8. Cheap watches
9. Letter writing
10. Spelling
11. Printing photographs
12. Copyright
13. Personal re-invention
14. Plagiarism
15. Reflection
16. Paper money
17. Paper statements
18. Airline tickets
19. Concert tickets
20. Landline telephones
21. Intimacy

:and 7 things that aren’t

1. Public libraries
2. Vinyl record shops
3. Newspapers (look at the data globally)
4. Physical banks
5. Meetings
6. Paper
7. Church

Inspired by Inspired by 50 Things that are being killed by the internet
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/matthew-moore/

Best Films about the Future

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I’d have another day of deep thinking, so I needed some light relief. Here’s my list of the best* 25 films about the future — not ranked. What have I missed?

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  2. Brazil
  3. Metropolis
  4. Modern Times
  5. The Matrix
  6. Gattaca
  7. Minority Report
  8. The Matrix
  9. Clockwork Orange
  10. Blade Runner
  11. Minority Report
  12. iRobot
  13. Soylent Green
  14. Children of Men
  15. Fahrenheit 451
  16. Silent Running
  17. Logan’s Run
  18. Escape from New York
  19. 1984
  20. Artificial Intelligence: AI
  21. On the Beach
  22. Mad Max
  23. Sleeper
  24. Truman Show
  25. Back to the Future

* Best? I know, in what sense? I just liked them:.