9 things that will disappear in our lifetime....

I don't want to use a Cloud.  The new Chromebooks are silly but will sell well because people are silly.

I don't think they'll sell very well. Maybe if they were half as much, but they are supposed to appeal to internet people, and internet people don't want something that can't run native applications. The cloud might take off but I think it's going to be a while.

Henry, stop ruining threads with your idiocy.

I didn't ruin anything. You're the only one who cared that I even posted at all. Sorry everything I do sends you into a blind rage (although of course you're going to say that you're not angry at all because you're cool and down to earth!).

People cried their goodbyes to vinyl, yet it's steadily coming back.  People worry about the "next generation" but the world is no worse than it ever has been.  Books will never die.  Sure, maybe people will use online textbooks or get the occasional novel digitally, but it's misguided to say books will disappear because a newer "version" of them is invented.

As for television, I am not opposed to it eventually fading away.  Most of it's trash and the commercials are nauseating.  I'd rather directly pay for a series and have it un-tampered with by TV stations.  Of course, there's the issue of people bringing people together in conversation and such, so for that reason alone, I don't think it will totally disappear for a very long time.

As for the issue of privacy, I believe that's a valid concern.  That's why I'm libertarian.