When I wake up on an ordinary morning in 2020, the first thing is to open my super-cellphone, which has been the only portable terminal device with full function since three years ago, log in my personal website and check everything I have subscribed to, such as my bank account, my routine work schedule, and the latest news.
Now, media have been in a high degree of integration in the trend of globalization since the beginning of the 21st century, which makes people obtain information in a far more convenient way. Thanks to the integration of media, "Mass information" is turned into "individual customization", which means you don't have to surf the Internet to acquire useful information and switch among various similar websites, which is a time-consuming process indeed. Just open your device, and then everything you have subscribed to will come into view. Accuracy is guaranteed because all the information is provided by press magnates in their areas with professional editors and censorship.
There is no need to go out shopping anymore, because shopping online has replaced traditional shopping as it takes less time and lower cost. The popularization of online videos has become the total substitute of movie theaters and televisions, because people prefer to watch the video of their own choice rather than what is shown on the screen. Although there are still a few printed newspapers and magazines in existence, they are no longer necessary in people's daily life, because individual customized e-newspapers and e-magazines will be sent to people every day, which seem to be more convenient and more environmental-friendly.
When I wake up on an ordinary morning in 2050, the first thing is to think about the endowment insurance issue, and then the implanted chip in my brain synchronizes related information automatically from a remote system into my brain. The progress of high technology and the development of biology have changed people's life into a completely different way. Now everybody has a chip implanted into the brain, which can synchronize with human brains. What you need is just thinking what you want, and then the chip will connect its information base via a remote system.
There are no portable devices anymore, because the implanted chip is able to accomplish every task you are thinking of. If you would like to enjoy a movie, just think of the movie, and then the chip will synchronize automatically with your thought and show the movie in your brain. All the information has been stored into the remote data base of the chip, and you can get any information through your thought. Customized Newspapers and magazines are directly stored into the chip, whenever I am free, I can read any of them. No matter where I go, I will not get lost because of the helpful chip, and every individual can enjoy his own life being the master of the whole world.
(By Liu Yingnan Editor: Cui Xuyan) |