Benny
Davis
Future
Tense
Once
I read a very interesting book called Feed.
It took place a hundred years or so from now, where the moon is a commercial
vacation spot, and every human being is born with a tiny computer chip
implanted in their brain. This chip is called your feed, and is basically a
social network hub in your mind. Accessible at any time, anywhere. The main
character at one point uses it to communicate with his brother between the moon
and the earth.
One
day, the protagonist meets a girl who doesn’t have a feed. She is the odd one
out in this world. Her family couldn’t afford to give her a feed, so she is
alienated from society. So, out of love, our protagonist tries to protect and
help her.
I
believe that the future is very much shaping up to be just like Feed. With the addition of smartphones
into the current norm of technology, and Google glass and other augmented
reality devices, it looks as though we may be getting closer and closer to a
feed-like device. I believe that this book, currently science fiction, will
become a reality by the year 2080.
-Benny
Davis
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