The Oxford English Dictionary defines a time-capsule as "a container used to store for posterity a selection of [entities] thought to be representative of life at a particular time." With this is mind, we thought it might be interesting to assemble our own time-capsule and, this being the web-lead information age, bury that capsule online, in an enormous web-garden.

What ideas will future generations glance back at and laugh in contemptuous hindsight? In 50 years time which contemporary cultural memes will be deader than the proverbial Dodo? Lying in the digital darkness of our internet time-capsule these questions, and more, will have to wait 50 years of technological shifts; of societal upheavals; of cultural fermentation before they can be answered.

Let the concepts bury themselves as we set to work...

Featuring short musings from the most original minds in the universe:

Contents

1	Our Waking Dream of Progress		by Weber's Polar Night
2	The Demise of the Demagogue		by Velcro City Tourist Board
3	Our Slumbering Super-Organism		by Hyperaware Consciousness
4	Transformative Potential		by Reality Carnival / Pickover.com
5	The God-Shaped Hole (Part I)		by The Huge Entity (Danieru)
6	The God-Shaped Hole (Part II)		by The Huge Entity (Danieru)
	More to come soon...

Extras:

More to come over the next few days! Including contributions from other insatiable Huge Entities... If you find yourself still gagging for more then why not try out our previous feature: Reasons Why 'You' Don't Exist

UPDATE: Introducing a printable version of The Conceptual Time-Capsule! Works great as a miniature accompaniment to any car, train, bus or plane journey.... Download and Print: MSWord / RTF / PDF

Watch this space!

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