Comments on: Kevin Kelly: Predicting The Next 5000 Days Of The Web http://singularityhub.com/2008/12/27/kevin-kelly-predicting-the-next-5000-days-of-the-web/ The Future Is Here Today...Robotics, Genetics, AI, Longevity, The Brain... Tue, 22 May 2012 05:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: What is the web now? » Shotbeak.com http://singularityhub.com/2008/12/27/kevin-kelly-predicting-the-next-5000-days-of-the-web/#comment-215 What is the web now? » Shotbeak.com Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:35:56 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=149#comment-215 [...] saw this very interesting quote on Singularity Hub, trying to get some more information on Kevin Kelly’s “next 5000 days of the web” [...] [...] saw this very interesting quote on Singularity Hub, trying to get some more information on Kevin Kelly’s “next 5000 days of the web” [...]

]]> By: admin http://singularityhub.com/2008/12/27/kevin-kelly-predicting-the-next-5000-days-of-the-web/#comment-106 admin Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:08:06 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=149#comment-106 I agree that "neither fully existing without the other" is a strong statement if taken literally...but still you should not underestimate our dependence on the internet. Even today we are all pretty much screwed without it. If the internet were to completely cease functioning for 24 hours or more the devastation that it would cause could be enormous. A major disruption to the internet could cause a shockwave of panic and destruction to the financial system. People would not be able to get money out of ATM's. Vital medical information would be unavailable. The dependence of civilization on the internet is already huge and is poised to grow in the coming years. Your information is on the internet...do you fully exist if you don't have access to your information...in a sense yes...but in another sense perhaps not. The web is more than a drug, it is a part of your identity. In many cases the internet is required to authenticate your identity and to provide access to services. Many people cannot reasonably perform their jobs without the internet. I agree that “neither fully existing without the other” is a strong statement if taken literally…but still you should not underestimate our dependence on the internet. Even today we are all pretty much screwed without it. If the internet were to completely cease functioning for 24 hours or more the devastation that it would cause could be enormous. A major disruption to the internet could cause a shockwave of panic and destruction to the financial system. People would not be able to get money out of ATM’s. Vital medical information would be unavailable. The dependence of civilization on the internet is already huge and is poised to grow in the coming years. Your information is on the internet…do you fully exist if you don’t have access to your information…in a sense yes…but in another sense perhaps not. The web is more than a drug, it is a part of your identity. In many cases the internet is required to authenticate your identity and to provide access to services. Many people cannot reasonably perform their jobs without the internet.

]]> By: Rich http://singularityhub.com/2008/12/27/kevin-kelly-predicting-the-next-5000-days-of-the-web/#comment-105 Rich Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:38:11 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=149#comment-105 "...man and the digital world, neither existing fully without the other." Do we, in some cases, depend on the internet: of course...but can we exist without it, of course! I'm not saying that I WANT TO live without it, just that we can...It's like a drug...and I can stop ANY TIME...I swear! :-) “…man and the digital world, neither existing fully without the other.”

Do we, in some cases, depend on the internet: of course…but can we exist without it, of course!

I’m not saying that I WANT TO live without it, just that we can…It’s like a drug…and I can stop ANY TIME…I swear! :-)

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