For instance. flared trousers, who but the most warped of soothsayers could have foreseen that one?
The Internet, another one.
I remember a website developer giving a talk to a group of businessmen in Dundee in 1998 (myself included) and someone laughing at the concept that one could make money from building websites.
The presenter wasn't sure it was possible either.
E-commerce, gaming, flexible working, the multiverse. Who, now, eight months into this pandemic, would argue against these trends increasing and revolutionising our lives?
But will hindsight be kind to this sentence in ten years' time.
Will we all be living in caravan stacks, dependent on our haptic rigs, while Big Brother (in the form of Jeff Bezos's avatar) tells us what we need to do that day?
Who knows.
If we did, we'd all be rich, counting the years until we could kick old Richard off Necker Island and install our family there in his stead.
That said, if I was asked to nail my colours to the mast, I would remark, "what #1 says". Deffo worth a read.
Anyway, beery office Christmas party no. 1 with my Skype mate tonight, before which I need to watch the 9.4- IMDB-rated last episode of The Queen's Gambit– best get on with things.
No wonder this seven-part series is number one on Netflix the world over.
If one were to construct the perfect story arc, this would be it.
Having gone through her all is lost moment, Elizabeth is about to marshal her "A Team" and roar over to Russia for the exciting finale.
Excited? I could crush a grape.
Here starteth the links. I do hope you get something out of them, particularly #1.
Do they not realise that means more questions about the tilty twist (best Vanguard equivalent is VHYL from 23 Nov 2021 on)? (You have to laugh, they let VVAL run for five years as a complete dog, then as soon as it shows signs of life they turn the tap off. Metaphor-tastic.)
Got to hand it to Boris Johnson. The world's Press have been falling over themselves with "why can't we do it like the Brits" sentiment. Hopefully the positive news continues with an EU trade deal.
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