GETTING
READY FOR THE DIGITAL DECADE
WHAT YOU WON'T HAVE TO KNOW!
HOW TO BE
THE PERFECT PERSON FOR THE 90'S
Do you hate computers?
Are you paralyzed with fear at the thought that while you are living
your normal life computers are creeping into everything and soon you
will be unable to cope, surrounded by machines that only kids understand?
Are you preparing a mad rush to learn the new technology so you won't
be left behind? Well the good news is you can JUST FORGET IT!
Sure you will
want to prepare for the 90's, but you can forget climbing the mountain
of computer knowledge because that mountain is getting smaller everyday
and by the time we get through the 90's our whole computer universe
will be as simple as TURNING ON YOUR TV AND WATCHING CHANNEL SIX.
Here are some thoughts on getting ready for the 90's.
THINGS YOU
WON'T NEED TO LEARN
It's already clear
that the main thing you don't have to learn about is computers. By
the time you read the manual that came with your new computer, the
computer is obsolete. This is a fact. So you can just wait for computers
to catch up to you. But what about other things you wanted to learn
to be a better person?
Did you want to
improve your life by learning to speak French and Spanish? Were you
going to learn some skills, like typing, book keeping, accounting,
or playing a musical instrument? Feeling inadequate because you don't
know how to do these things now? Well you can JUST FORGET IT!
By 2010 pocket
translators with earphones will eliminate your need to know foreign
languages. That saves you five years of hard work right there.
The technology
for computers to hear the spoken work and understand it is well on
its way. You will just talk and the machine will type out everything
you say. So forget learning to type.
Bookkeeping and
accounting are already computerized with menu driven programs. That
saves you four years of business school right there.
Like to play music?
It's great to strum a guitar to relax but did you know that almost
every album you hear today has computers playing at least a few of
the instruments? In a few years computers will even be writing the
songs. That's a few more years you can spend doing something else.
To sum up: you
don't need to learn languages, accounting, music, or anything about
computers. And these are just A FEW EXAMPLES of the many things you
won't have to learn. So what's left for you to do in the DIGITAL DECADE?
YOU MUST CONCENTRATE
ON DOING THE THINGS COMPUTERS CANNOT DO!
WHAT COMPUTERS
CANNOT DO.
(THINGS FOR YOU
TO PRACTICE!)
1. FEELING
GOOD The main thing a computer cannot do is feel good. They
don't know how to dig life! On the open market being able to enjoy
life has an incredibly high value. Like the old blues song says,
"Feeling good, feeling good, all the money in the world is spent
on feeling good." So practicing the many ancient and modern arts
of feeling good should be your number one priority.
2. MAKING
DECISIONS A computer cannot make decisions. Learning to live
in the DIGITAL DECADE will be a lot like learning to live in hotels
and eat in restaurants. The computers will cook and serve you a
variety of services and experiences, your responsibility will be
deciding what you want. Start practicing now.
3. BEING
ENTERTAINED There is already a tremendous need for people to
consume enjoyable experiences. The huge entertainment industry,
which includes MOVIES, MUSIC, ART, SPORTS, RESTAURANTS, TRAVEL,
TV, and POLITICS will become even bigger and need more CONSUMERS.
That's where you come in! START PRACTICING NOW!
4. SEX
Lets face it, this is a very important area. Sure to be in more
and more demand in the world of the future. Perhaps you should begin
NOW by scheduling in a lot more practice hours.
The world
of the future will be a leisure world and you better start getting
ready now!
Remember, just
about anything you can think of to learn or do to make yourself or
the world better, no matter what it is, will soon be done better than
you by a machine. The only things people will be needed for will be
sex and tickling small children, and they will probably even develop
machines for these but that will take a few years longer. So, to get
ready, imagine that you have just won fifty million bucks in the lottery.
Your only job now will be thinking up ways to keep yourself happy
and satisfied. It won't be easy! Why do you think successful celebrities
always wreak their lives by turning to drugs and wild parties? Because
they haven't prepared for "The Challenge of Having Everything You
Want" Only a few have ever been able to pull it off. Unfortunately,
it's something that's right around the bend for all of us, so it would
be wise to...
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GETTING READY NOW!
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