@marksbren

One trend that kept me thinking was #10: Things on Screens. In his description of this trend he suggested devoting more resources to making an online video than bolstering the local theater. Further, he predicts that more people are going to stay at home, staring at their glowing screens. Is that really where things are headed? Spending less and less time with real-world contact? I don't know about you, but I still get MUCH more gratification by spending time in the presence of others than writing on someone's Facebook wall or even having a video chat on Skype.

The idea that we are going to increasingly sit in front of screens makes it sound like we are following the screens. The screens are inside, so that is where we will be, soaking in the reality show glow. This may have been a technology barrier originally (TVs are not mobile), but I think screens are making their way outside the house to come to where we are, not the other way around. Screens are getting smaller and more mobile so they can follow us out into our lives.

To go back to Paul's analogy to local theater, I think the portable screens will bridge the two choices (make an online video or revitalize local theater). Video recording and the internet will be with you while you are at the local theater, enhancing the experience.