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 It's like Back to the Future only you have to wait 20 years for the future to arrive. What will you be doing in the year 2025? If there was anything you could tell your future self, what would it be? Forbes.com is setting up a email time capsules. Just fill out the form and they'll send you an email 20 years from now.
Of course there's one tiiiinnny problem. What email address will you have 20 years from now? (And who says there will even be email in 20 years?) I'm trying to decide if I should go with my GMail address of my Studio711 address. I suppose GMail is a little more of a solid bet than Studio711. But then again, in 20 years, Studio711 might be headquartered up in the clouds where I will be zipping around in my jet car that folds up into a briefcase.
I give this about a 5% chance of actually working, but why not do it? It's free.
http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/20/cx_de_1024timecapsuleintro_comm05.html
[UPDATE 9:27AM] I decided to send it to my GMail address. You can pick how many years to wait before sending (1, 3, 5, 10, or 20.) I sent five emails, one with each wait period. And just in case Studio711.com somehow exists and GMail doesn't, here's a copy of the email:
Hello Future Ben,
I hope that you are doing well, because you are me, or rather you will be me. If you're not, then something has gone drastically wrong.
I was going to bury money for you to find, but I tailgated at Penn State last weekend and killed the brain cells that were holding the location of the money. It was only $5 so you're not missing much.
I guess the thing to do in time capsules is to talk about current prices for common purchases. So here we go:
- Gas just slipped back under $2 after the $3+ prices from Hurricane Katrina.
- Milk is $3/gallon
- A typical lunch costs me $7
- My computer is a P4 2.4 GHz with 512MB RAM and it cost me $1200 in 2002.
And one more thing, Mr. Future Ben, if you're still living in Jersey... well then something has gone terribly wrong. Get up from your computer now and run as fast as you can. Don't stop until you're in another state (preferrably not Delaware, it's just as bad.)
I wonder if I'll even remember writing this...
Ben
via the Forbes.com Email Time Capsule
11/7/2005
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