[Not as much from another planet as from half a century ago]
Yes we’re back with this; here’s the September edition of my Wired / Tired / Expired jargon watch overviews, a mixed bag; see what you missed this Summer:
| WIRED | TIRED | EXPIRED |
| Humanity | Analytics | Cloud |
| The latest wave is about humanity again, fortunately, as the first signals of a massive increase of human vs. machine intelligence and capabilities, precursors of a societal debate on the singularity or the parts of its checkered implementation (timeline) hopefully, come out into the open. Via the predicted AI integration bubbling up everywhere. | All aboard the night train. It keeps on running, and so are some. But not necessarily you. It’s just that the whole thing has become too diffuse to still get a grip on. So media attention has been lost. Not totalitarian’s attention – civil rights movementers (movers?) watch out. | If you think this is still hot, or even hype, you belong in the Museum of Ancient History |
| Note-taking in paper notebooks | Note-taking on tablets | Note-taking on laptops |
| Yes, moving beyond the sect of St. Steve …! As per the above, the Slow Living idea, as elaborated into the co-operation/-everything environments of organizational life, is spreading. For the good of mankind. Also, this, and #4 of this. | A fool with a tool is still a tool. You Late Majority! And, it’s going this way. Hopefully. | Hm, valid, for professional note-takers. Not for the casual meeting browsers, though. |
| Instant hyper-amateur ‘shops | Memes | GIFs (-as-Jifs), tied with Viral videos |
| 0,15 seconds of fame. Expressing the idea, permanence not as much. Which is efficient and (hence?) laudable in its own way. | I don’t often need to explain, but if I do … Memes may have been a full product (sic) cycle that many may have missed completely. | Who has time for those? To make, to take. |
| Don’t care | Dissing ‘mainstream’ | Digging Hip (incl Beards…) |
| Just be yourself. Ensure that’s enough. For you. | Having become mainstream, it’s a Tu Quoque (jokes on yourself) now. | Ehhh, you were backpacking for half a year in an area without WiFi or something..!?!? How could you do that, and not recover in half a day? |
| Deca. Or reading classical, well-bound hardcover books. | PDF reading | Kindle et al. |
| As in this. And, the ultimate long-form, reading classics of all ages as treasured elements of Culture. The humanity and its wisdom that transpires through the centuries. |
For the operational content. Nothing else. | Nice try, but on its way to the great heap of just-didn’t-make-it-to-be-great-inventions. |
| Deal with it | Dogue | What Happen |
| In the Why Should I Care What Your Problems Are They Won’t Go Away If Not When I Would | Much annoy. | Moved into this sector. |
| Modern tech moving into business | 3D printing for gadgetry | IoT promises |
| As in: Apple joining forces with IBM, Microsoft re-invigorating its business offerings, et al. | As in this fad(s); sad. Spoils the idea instead of pushing widespread household use | Sort of the same hypepromises not being delivered by far while we would still wanted to have it all happen(ed). |
| NASA’s UFO | Amazon drone delivery | Attack of the Drones |
| Woot! We humans are finally making it happen ourselves …!? | Maybe it will happen. Maybe not. What increase in service ..? | Now that it’s a fact; have we learned how to deal with it …? (I mean, in a way that would let us stay comfortable even if brought home ubiquitously?) |
OK, any suggestions for next month’s edition ..?
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