Michael Crichton : on the future

[Entropy56]

Mr. Crichton had a problem with left wing fear mongering, authoritarianism, and cultural Marxism. I like that. It's too bad he's dead now. I would have loved to ask him if he was influenced by the US Constitution.

[billy1212ist]

Ratio & proportion-remember it from school? Well Michael's,1899:1999,make's ours 1899:1999::2011:2111.So what would make people think your crazy? To say what? One earth government? No more currency,everyone BAR CODED at birth (invisible to the eye)? space travel common? Condo's on Mars,and Space Station Cities?Travel in other dementions?Use of 6th,7th,8th,senses?....What man did 1899 to1999,WOW.But one thing has not changed since day 1, Greed.war,lies still there in 1999,still there in 2111 ?

[qzink82995]

and they'll bitch about the food! bahaha miss you Crichton

[XxGypse69xX]

Its funny to see how is prediction about youtube came true, seeing how we're watching him on youtube.

[zyzxxinfinity]

My favorite author. He was absolutely BRILLIANT. He made me realize how science fiction often becomes science NON-fiction, and how certain apsects of science and technology are best left to ponder and not bring to reality.

[fullclip16117]

He basically laid it all out exactly how it happened, genius.

[cyclotane]

its amazing what science has done for humanity. 100 years ago if you told someone that you could have a small device, the sized of your palm, that can connect you to a GLOBAL network with artificial satellites in orbit, that could connect you to someone else 24hrs a day. he would say your FUCKING NUTS.

i predict the death of religion. and the rise of science. more rational people on earth, = more peeace!

[JETZcorp]

@cyclotane That's something to hope for, but unfortunately at least in the United States it would appear as though the advancement of science has made very little impact on religiosity as a whole. The fact that the country is NOT at an all-time low in terms of religiousness as a percentage, bears this out. However, I would say that perhaps on the whole people are taking it a lot less seriously as the more ridiculous bits get exposed in their ridiculousness, and that will probably continue.

[cyclotane]

@JETZcorp actually thats true, religion is still very high in percentage, but hopefully slowly across more generations and generations human can reach a more secular society.

i think its the fact that children are brought up indoctrinate is a very hard thing to break out of. as long as parents dont force their religion i can see this transitioning happening sometime in the future!

[mrzack888]

after Bush got elected it was downhill ever since...

[svd348]

10 years later and we have the Kindle. But it may take awhile for that to really catch on.

[BluDevil93]

RIP Michael.

For some reason I always thought he looked a lot younger than his years......

[cyberzonie]

RIP Michael

[crossdresser07]

by 2099, The human brain has been completely reverse engineered and all aspects of its functioning are understood. Natural human thinking possesses no advantages over computer minds Machines have attained equal legal status with humans.

[spanishprisoner]

@crossdresser07 there is a difference in reverse engineering or to decode the genome..... as to program it.

[tiecuando]

Mr. Chricton had a problem with authority, I like that. It's too bad he's dead now, I would have loved to ask him if he was influenced by Paul Fayerbend.

[fullclip16117]

@ 2:00 he predicts youtube.

[juleswinns]

There was this article a while back in detail magazine that said the earth was more powerful than we think. It will react violently when abused. I believe that.

[cyclotane]

Dr. Chricton pretty much nailed everything in this interview. people making videos = youtube. epidemic = sarss, swine flu.

i have always been skeptical about people prediction the future, but I would not question anything that Dr Chrichton says.

[iLoveOlivaMunn]

can you remind me what i said please? you gave me a great mental fantasy when you brought up b-head and i got so cough up in it..i forgot what i said...did i offend you ? did i threaten you?

[regresseur]

swine flu was never an epidemic... go get the facts, pls

[davidopoulin]

@cyclotane I'm a big fan of his work as well, but he's dead wrong on the "paper will remain" issue. Digital book sales have just begun to outpace paper. Also, his take on movies is wrong (so far) about big Hollywood movies.

No surprise though, as the man said so many times, "No one can predict the future".

Fun stuff nonetheless.

[ColdPillowz]

@davidopoulin

I wonder how you feel about the World Wildlife Foundation's new .WWF file format, then, and what about its implications for the future of legal proceedings, provability, and individual freedom...

[purplecartoonist]

@cyclotane Dude. The black plague killed a third of the population. Sarss and swine flu aint shit.

[TheDrawingLab]

@cyclotane Crichton isn't a doctor. He graduated from Harvard Mecical School, but he never took his boards.

[lindsaymccutcheon]

3:20 was awesome!

[neoldd1]

This is great, have you got any more videos with him? The You Tube community would be very grateful....

[CineRecon]

they guy predicted alot, not exactly, but he was definitely in the ballpark

[mandraak84]

Thanks for this video, RIP Michael.

[Cable3999]

John Michael Crichton

[mandraak84]

yes?

[Cable3999]

He was a very good author. I read some of his books. My favorite was "The Great Train Robbery".

[mandraak84]

Yeah i know him, just wondering why you were typing his full name, anyway great writer yes

[Swaynze33]

the great train robbery is a great classic, cant wait for pirates latitude, 6 more fucking days though

[RufusRamen]

I think the next century will bring forth as much or more of what occured during the last century.

[Cuda11]

I think more, were learning more and more as times goes on.

[mandraak84]

learning means nothing if its not about having the rightest behaviour

[KingLucentio]

whoa. 6:40 he mentions dropping an anthrax bomb on New York. was Michael Crichton behind 9/11??

I'm 100% kidding, btw. R.I.P.

[scofieldkm]

It's amazing, just the way he thinks about a story is all pacing. He draws you in and with his voice creates an affect, that is really compelling.

[keywestshade]

Where did you get this? Fascinating stuff.

scofieldkm, you're exactly right. An irreplaceable mind. The media didn't realize that we lost a great philosopher of modern times--not just a movie director and bestselling author--and therefore didn't present it that way.

[scofieldkm]

He was a brilliant, bright, inquisitive man with a kind and gentle heart. God, I miss him.