Bran Ferren: Language

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“The Internet represents the greatest story telling technology since the development of language.”

Bran Ferren

Context: The Internet represents the greatest story telling technology since the development of language. It will be far more important than reading and writing as a purposeful tool. Everything that is enabled by story telling will be enabled by the Internet.

Quoted by Peter Guber, in

“The technology needed for an early Internet-connection implant is no more than 25 years off. Imagine that you could understand any language, remember every joke, solve any equation, get the latest news, balance your checkbook, communicate with others, and have near-instant access to any book ever published, without ever having to leave the privacy of yourself.”

Bran Ferren

Technology Predictions: Wired for Life: The Internet Implant (June 1998 Columns), Columns Magazine, University of Washington, August 31, 1998, September 8, 2013 http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june98/technology.html,

“Great art isn't about decoration - it's a different language that can both touch our hearts, and open our minds.”

Bran Ferren

Source: I.D. Magazine Interview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.D._(magazine)