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Anyone old enough to remember EPIC 2014? It was a viral flash video, released in 2004, about the future of Google and news reporting. I imagine 2027 will age si
by ed 1y ago
Anyone old enough to remember EPIC 2014? It was a viral flash video, released in 2004, about the future of Google and news reporting. I imagine 2027 will age similarly well.
https://youtu.be/LZXwdRBxZ0U https://youtu.be/LZXwdRBxZ0U
- laidoffamazon 1y agoI somehow hadn't seen this before! A fun watch. - Google buying TiVo is very funny, but ended up being accurate - Google GRID is an interesting concept, but we did functionally get this with Google Drive - MSN Newsbotster did end up happening, except it was Facebook circa ~2013+ - GoogleZon is very funny, given they both built this functionality separately - Predicting summarized news is at least 13 years too early, but it's still correct - NYT vs GoogleZon also remarkably prescient, though about 13 years too early as well - EPIC pretty accurately predicts the TikTok and Twitter revenue share, though, again, about 12 years too early - NYT still hasn't gone offline, and was bolstered by viewership during the first Trump term, and print subscriptions are the lowest they've ever been Really great video - it does seem like they predicted 2024 more than 2014, where people unironically thought haitians were eating dogs and that food prices had gone up 200% because of what they saw on TikTok and elected a wannabe tyrant as a result
- WithinReason 1y agoWow! This is remarkable accurate