No one will watch your stories in the future

At the age of instant gratification, instant content and instant consumption, we are giving up on the thing all humans are looking for: being remembered

If you are an anxious person, like me, you might relate to constantly thinking about the future. Personally, I do not believe there is something wrong with that if you undestand that future is a direct reflection of your actions of today and how they are affected by the environment you live in. It is the only aspect of time that we can actually modify in our favor.

Future is a simple concept with complex interactions in society. What future means for someone in Europe might be related to the past for someone in Asia or Africa. At the same time, we got so attached to the idea of evolving to the next "future" thing, the next gadget, software, system, that we forgot the meaning behind some of the technology we are creating.

What I mean by that is a lot of us lost sight of one particular aspect of evolution that is erasing the very thing that makes those advancements count in the future: history. 

In a society obssessed with the 'now', there is no room for 'tomorrow'. You probably think that at the speed technology is evolving, we are living in the future, and for some, we might be. However, what is the point of building a "future" that will be erased in the next 1, 3 or 10 years? What is the meaning of that if it will all be forgotten?

In history, never have we produced so much, and never have we wasted so much. Never have we been more connected and yet, never have we been lonelier. By embracing the speed of constant evolution without longevity, we are actually choosing to be forgotten every day. Or do you believe your grandkids will watch your Instagram stories?

Our entire history is being written in systems that will be obsolete in a few years. Techno fossils might be a thing of the future, but not its content. And do not misread me, I am not a dynosaur, I am a great enthousiast of the internet and how it has made the world better in many ways. However, if all we create is online, have you ever considered what happens when lose our data?

Technology is amazing, but it can not be a replacement for the real things, because these are the ones that will actually last in time to tell our history to future generations of humans, cyborgs and other species. I, for one, do not want to trust all of my history to a cloud service, and I don't think you should either. 

As someone obssessed with the future, I will use this online tool to shed light on the people, organizations and communities that are building in real life a future where not only we survive, but we thrive. And of course, are remembered.

I am not sure how many of you will be interested in that, but I am willing to give it a try.

Cheers.