We have figured out a way to generate serendipity.

What are computers really good at? They remember everything. You don't, right, lets start with that: they have infinite memory; they keep stuff forever ... So what does the digital future look like? Well, you can't forget anything, because your computer remembers it for you ... they remember everything; they keep memories of what we do. You're never lost ... the only way to get lost is to turn off your phone ... the reality is your phone knows where you are already ... and furthermore there's research that indicates that even if we know a little bit about you, we can sort of predict where you're going to go ... again, with your permission. You're never lonely; your friends are always online ... we've pretty much eliminated, at least, that kind of loneliness. And there is always somebody to talk with or post about or have an opinion about. You're never bored: I mean instead of wasting time watching television, you can waste time watching the internet. You're never out of ideas. We can suggest things that are interesting to you, based on your passions, things that you care about, where you are going, that sort of thing. Our suggestions will be pretty good. We have figured out a way to generate serendipity. We actually understand now how we can surface things that are interesting to you, but based on the things that you care about and what other people care about. We can make suggestions ... see if you like it.

I think what chilled many of us was not the expression of our future reliance on the internet but the body-less, human-less world it proposes. A world that remembers our lives' algorithms in order to outsmart us with ourselves is a world without pause for thought. Serendipity, coincidence, chance, forgetting, loneliness, solitude, boredom are all part of our human condition and inspiration, and should be left unresolved and unfigured out by software and the people behind software. We need to tread carefully into our digital future. To better the world is not to cram the gaps full. A world that won't forget is a world drowned in not forgetting. Do we want a world full of unedited memory? To be human is to be finite.

- Tacita Dean, FILM.