Predictions of tech's future from 1992

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Predictions of tech's future from 1992 | Michael Crichton

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In this forward-thinking talk from the TED3 Conference in 1992, legendary filmmaker and author of classics like “Jurassic Park” and “Westworld” Michael Crichton ponders the future of tech and its unintended consequences. In a storylike manner, he anticipates when humanity will tire of the technology of its day -- and where we will go next.
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@MarkNeri 3 жыл бұрын

Michael Crichton talks about "unplugging" back in 1992, and we're still talking about it today. TED should reword the title for this video, though. You're kind of expecting a list of predictions. Instead, this talk is really more of his view on an interesting human problem brought about by modern technology

@northbeachfilms 2 жыл бұрын

he was talking about the future. we are living it now. and he saw it coming. :)

@omalone1169 7 ай бұрын

@@northbeachfilmsthere was Ted Talks in 1992. Surely that's when Neil Postmans book came out

@ryanellis4474 2 жыл бұрын

Genius So far ahead of his time Was his cancer brought on by a diet of seed oils? I wish Crichton lived today!! What would Michael Crichton make of the current era? This fellow would be ahead of OUR time if he was alive today What forward-looking ideas would he have at the moment if still with us? I will pray for America. Please pray for me. God Bless you.

@Joejoeanoejsfy 2 жыл бұрын

long live crichtonsaurus the dino named after this man he did not deserve to die

@browngirlinaclownworld2077 2 жыл бұрын

4:00 - He's talking about a famous 1992 ad featuring Humphrey Bogart, Louis Armstrong and other actors digitally placed into a Pepsi ad alongside contemporary stars like Elton John. Not exactly a deepfake, but a progenitor.

@omalone1169 7 ай бұрын

Where is the proof this exists?

@Death_Jaw 2 жыл бұрын

what a legend

@omalone1169 7 ай бұрын

Interesting how the man who exposes the sexual harassment industry would talk on technology

@renee-mariekrugkrug3989 10 ай бұрын

Michael could be thought of a modern day Prophet of sorts...think of all the topics and studies /pseudostudies etc., he had the insight...warnings ....nice

@healthymealthy775 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, there is more of Michael Crichton.

@northbeachfilms 2 жыл бұрын

2007, he died in 2008: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ataTnaWps6jRe3U.html

@healthymealthy775 Жыл бұрын

@Mr Cheese I know. I mean videos.

@thanksfernuthin 5 ай бұрын

In case you didn't get the wheelchair joke, Michael is 6'9". There's tall and then there's "Holy shit! Look at that guy!!!" He was one of those. And he was as brilliant as he was tall.

@ChrisInToon 5 ай бұрын

Taller than a Velociraptor then. With that kind of height is this why Jeff Goldblum was cast in the movie to be like him. Thanks,

@BuckRolly1 10 ай бұрын

It was great until the slide show... at which point I zone out and skipped through that part because it was boring. I don't see the point of the Disney slides or maybe I have missed something

@bobbifreedman2435 2 жыл бұрын

He had five wives. That’s what my dad called a five time loser. Brilliant. Effed up.

@omalone1169 7 ай бұрын

Jack Kammer would disagree as would Mel Feit but I'm guessing you don't want to hear their views ?

@thanksfernuthin 5 ай бұрын

Most brilliant people are effed up. You don't get unique thoughts and ways of looking at things by being normal.

@northbeachfilms 2 жыл бұрын

we love you michael crichton. thank you. it is also worth watching his 2007 interview. which describes the world today: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ataTnaWps6jRe3U.html

@burnsloads 3 жыл бұрын

Guys. He's just lambasting deepfakes.

@omalone1169 6 ай бұрын

10:00 The Disney Land of its day.

@Tarotb 3 жыл бұрын

17 minutes in and I'm still waiting to hear any real 'predictions'. He made a point at the start about focusing on the artificial spectacle over the natural...and then everything has been supporting that.

@cursedfakenewscfn967 2 жыл бұрын

Huh he was talking about deep fakes in the first 10 minutes

@Bronco541 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for mentioning that i didnt even think about it in that way...

@matthewalexander9453 Жыл бұрын

4:06: mentions the using of past footage to support an idea that the people in the footage were not aware of/do not support, which we see constantly on the news and in political ads. He also mentions the transformation of intellectual property rights around here. 5:20: his recommendation to educational institutions to "digitize" and to use the simplest and newest technologies, which are qualities now touted by almost every institute of higher education. 6:32: "pervasive sense of technology" is likely to grow worse, which it has. 9:30: "technologically dazzling" creations that are "tremendously stimulating and arousing" lose their charm over time and the pervasiveness of that technology mentioned earlier will grow into a yearning for its absence. He uses the term "unplug" and its use in developing alternative perspectives. There are others if you would take the time to listen closely.

@omalone1169 7 ай бұрын

@@matthewalexander945307:20 John Schully on invisible technology

@blackmancer Жыл бұрын

dude talking about making a movie in the early 70s in the early 90s while looking like early 40s

@soundproductionandadvice 10 ай бұрын

Oh so you do allow comments on 'some' videos. Just not the ones where speakers are seriously suggesting that humans be modified to become intolerant to unhealthy meat. Any credibility you had went years ago. It's quite pathetic.