Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web

Posted by admin on April 30th, 2010 and filed under web toolbar | 25 Comments »

http://www.ted.com At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what’s coming in the next 5,000 days?

Duration : 0:19:34


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25 Responses

  1. Fallen32 Says:

    Ah, sorry my bad
    Ah, sorry my bad

  2. yeahsfrau Says:

    The poem at the end …
    The poem at the end sounds like a line from 1984.

  3. hutchings000 Says:

    Data open and free …
    Data open and free to everyone at all times?

    Try getting the art community to just let their work out for free in a commercial world…

    Imagine… a world without NDA’s xD

  4. InfinityCurve Says:

    This guy doesn’t …
    This guy doesn’t really offer any evidence supporting his conclusions, it’s more like just 19:34 of his personal fantasy about the web. He should start his own religion : “First there was darkness & confusion among men, then came Google!”

  5. sosexyrobotnik Says:

    no i ment in about …
    no i ment in about 2 years when RIAA, MPAA ect all censor the internet, removing net nutrality, there will only be 10-30 websites and with no user content would it still be worth the money?

  6. Fallen32 Says:

    @sosexyrobotnik I …
    @sosexyrobotnik I doubt it. I think of the concept and the name “the internet” will die. and the web or cloud will also disappear in time. it will be a part of every day life. Just like now…

    the nettwork will allways be there but not known to public. It will be more then less like an “Ghost in the shell”

  7. tuleo554 Says:

    never heard anyone …
    never heard anyone express so accurately how I feel about the future of humanity, awesome

    I think that HTML 5 shouldn’t be underestimated in being our next step towards this future

    I discuss this issue at tulesblog (dot) (com) and I’d love to hear peoples responses to my thoughts

  8. tuleo554 Says:

    @endsequence good …
    @endsequence good answer man

    I was gonna recommend Fora myself, only just stumbles across it today

  9. sosexyrobotnik Says:

    this sounds cool, …
    this sounds cool, its a shame in about 2 years or less the internet will be dead

  10. BringinSexyBach Says:

    What an interesting …
    What an interesting video. This “the one” thing sounds really cool, even if it will inevitably destroy the human race. As far as a name for it goes, my vote is definitely for “interwebs”.

  11. Sandmoonmusic Says:

    well kind of …
    well kind of interesting… and some of the things he is describing are already happening now in 2010…
    at the end though, its sounds like the scientists have found GOD. The web is one, the web is God. Knows everything; sees everything, etc etc
    The end of the world perhaps?
    Following lecture, i want to know how this technology is going to affect my health… mental and physical… thanks

  12. endsequence Says:

    search for ForaTV
    search for ForaTV

  13. javkkh07 Says:

    is there any site …
    is there any site similar to ted com???? can anybody tellme

  14. morky14 Says:

    also i think the …
    also i think the random graphics really dumbed down the lecture. they kinda got on my nerves

  15. morky14 Says:

    well hes explaining …
    well hes explaining it in a simplistic way for the average person to understand, not everyones an expert

  16. techatheis Says:

    FUK U
    U

  17. jjccccc Says:

    your talking about …
    your talking about `second life’ but you dont no about it yet

  18. TuckmanJiggityJones Says:

    This lecture …
    This lecture portrays the internet about as well as finger-painting does realism.

  19. aikighost Says:

    Only if you assume …
    Only if you assume everyone has a phone. Not everyone lives in the first world most people in the world live on less than $5 a day.

  20. topurpledogs Says:

    Snake oil
    Snake oil

  21. geesus2 Says:

    the one! it must …
    the one! it must be HIM! we are just little pieces uniting as a whole. god is the machine!

  22. turboz1k Says:

    65 billion phone …
    65 billion phone calls a year doesn’t sound like many. That’s like 10 a person, a year.

  23. jesterspace Says:

    Here comes the …
    Here comes the Singularity.

  24. Johnnyart2000 Says:

    Excellent, great …
    Excellent, great information; thanks for sharing!

  25. FreeAsInFreeBeer Says:

    At 19:16 it seems …
    At 19:16 it seems he list the things that will grow large, we need to share (free licenses), we need a smart interface (like the Ubiquity add-on to firefox is starting to explore) and we need everything on the web (hopefully what the Google OS will do). The future seems as a good place to live. =)
    BTW: A good talk and a good video, but your slideshows is pretty bad.. ;)

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