The future Jesse Schell describes
is completely plausible. Everything we do online is already tracked. Already,
one wrong move by public figures is forever recorded and “there” in the Internet
abyss. For example, teachers’ lives are more public than ever. It seems that if
they have a picture of themselves with a shot of tequila, it blown up bigger
than it really is. One of my friends was doing his student teaching and had to
ask all his friends to take down pictures of him, especially the pictures of
him at a “cross dressing themed party.” Like Jesse says at the end “what books
did my grandparents read?” I already can say “what kind of partying did my
teachers do?” and it can’t be answered because none of that was ever put on a
public forum.

         I
think that the future of city screens can go in two directions. In the
direction where we become closer or the gaming direction Jesse Schell describes
in the video. I imagine a billboard game where you get points every time you
pass a certain advertisement. This is already happening right on your very own
phone. There is an application where every time you scan a product in the store
you get points. After a certain amount of points you get a coupon. It can also
bring us closer by intriguing us to interact with each other as people did in
berlin.