Comments on: Five Things The Matrix Got Right About the Future

By: Kaos

Kaos — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:58:06 +0000

Actually, the inventor of Twitter was already halfway through college 10 years ago, not high school.

By: itsalljustaride

itsalljustaride — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:12:19 +0000

The link between the movie and the ideas presented are tenuous at best. Especially the Avatar and Viral Media ones. Loose coherency in trying to link the movie to the broader concepts.

Also, the idea of “digital natives” has been thoroughly (and rightly) criticized as a gross oversimplification. Despite the fact that most kids today are immersed in technology, a good deal of them still have yet to engage with it in a capacity greater than email and posting MySpace comments. As with any “world-changing” technology there will be the few who truly engage with and understand it, and the rest simply take it as a given. I work with teaching “digital natives” computer skills, and things haven’t changed much since I was learning to use a computer 15 years ago. Many of them still fail to grasp simple tasks like file management.

By: Rich Dansereau

Rich Dansereau — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:41:00 +0000

Great post. I remember thinking how innovative, albeit far fetched The Matrix was when I first saw it. I can barely believe it has been 10 years since its release. I think the main theme of man devising his own doom is not new, just changed based on where technology is or is perceived to be going.

By: Michael Munro

Michael Munro — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:26:21 +0000

“In short, they are an army of Ones, not zeroes.”

Fantastic wordplay there. Terrific article all around.

By: Joe Rosen

Joe Rosen — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:59:25 +0000

Nice article man!
PS: Wanted to mention great post!

By: Joe Rosen

Joe Rosen — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:26:28 +0000

Nice article man!