Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy inspired people to create. From inventions to entertainment to countless blog posts, the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is referenced and credited with the inspiration for the idea. The book has a way of unlocking imagination and sparking ideas through its mix of wonder, amazement, comedy and suspense. For over 40years People have not only kept this book alive but have expanded on it with additional books and games and websites making this book a timeless classic that will continue to live on. Douglas Adams used his own life experiences mixed with his imagination and talent with words to create a fun adventure story filled with ideas that did not exist in the time that the book was written.

Douglas Adams book Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is full of predictions such as Babel.com translation, eBooks, touch screen devices, voice command devices, Wikipedia.com and the British based collaborative h2g2.com. The book Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy even inspired one of my favorite cartoon series Rick and Morty. The fascination with space, time and deep thought are entertained in this book which is why it is also one of my favorite movies. This book will continue to live on and inspire people to use their imagination creating deep though and innovation.

I found the video “Hyperland” to be fascinating and informative. The video structure itself is a great example of what can be done with limited technology. My eyes were opened to both possibility and the history behind it. This video outlined how the technology of the internet came to be and where it was heading. In today’s world we see much of that technology being used today, although AI has yet to take form of a personal butler or similar.

I do believe as technology continues to develop that we will soon see personalized AI guides to the galaxy we call internet. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy also does a great job at not only describing the wild world of the internet, but also predicts technology such as eBooks. Currently we do have AI helping to guide us through the internet similar to the butler. Every day I and many other people use search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

We can buy eBooks off of Amazon. AI, just like the butler, uses the predictive software to help find search results quickly and even throws in suggestions related to our search. In conclusion, both “Hyperland” and Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy did an amazing job at predicting the world of technology.