10 things that will disappear in our lifetime
WORLDWIDE WEB (WWW) - Post Office: They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive.
Cheque: Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with the cheque by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process cheques.
Newspaper: The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it.
Book: You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a real book.
Land Line telephone: Vanishing breed. Less used than mobile phones
Music: The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40 per cent of the music purchased today is "catalogue items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with.
Network Television Revenues: The networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds.
Your Personal Files, videos, photos:They may simply reside in "the cloud."
Cursive Writing: Already gone in some schools who no longer teach "joined handwriting" because nearly everything is done now on computers or keyboards of some type.
Privacy: That's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. (Author unknown. Accessed from
the worldwide web)
Newspaper: The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it.