The Future in about 900 Words

HISTORY will record that the cellphone and PDA were above all precursors for an electronic device that was implanted under the skin, from where it sent signals to the brain and other parts of the body. There were of course those who bemoaned or decried the new technology, claiming that it was having or was going to have this or that pernicious effect or catastrophic consequence. But these protests were easily drowned out not only by the testimonials of enthusiastic users, but also by the fact that the scientists, manufacturers, retailers and programmers involved in the development and sale of the device became a major industry group. It was not long before people looked back with wonder on the millennia of human history before the invention of this device. It became hard to imagine how human beings could have lived, or lived in any reasonable fashion, without these implants.