these are the days of miracle and wonder and don't cry baby don't cry

i have a theory. and it is this: we are living in the future.
(well, we are actually always living in the future, and the past, and the present, as i stated in another post. i can't find that post, tho, so i can't make a link to it. ah, well.)
anyway, we're living in the future. and this is why: it's possible to do so many things without talking to anyone. you can study, interview, get directions, buy things, find where to buy things, make art, write news articles, make business deals, *hail taxis*, even! you can do everything independently. and that is how i know that we are in the future; we are relying on machines to do most simple tasks for us. i cannot decide whether that is a good thing or a bad thing.
incidentally, this is the topic of one of my favorite star trek episodes, the ultimate computer. see it. its awesome.