Where things are going
Birthdays

Then
Home / Backyard / Rooftop
Now
WhatsApp / Video / Zoom Calls
Later
Virtual Cafes and Augmentation
Education

Then
Schools and colleges in the early days, driven by an ecosystem of teachers and how they hold everything together.
Now
Zoom / Online Classes and Courses
Later
A curriculum that is driven by the mind space of individuals, needs of the day, needs of individuals and quirks, charms and capabilities of mentors.
Marriages

Then
Big Weddings and Spectacles
Now
E-Card Invites on WhatsApp and Small Get Togethers with post-wedding showcases on Instagram.
Later
Fewer and fewer people attending, event becoming digital showcase and participation by people from anywhere in the world via live streams, more of immortalising moments than banking on spectacles.
Death

Then
Funerals on Site
Now
Live Streams
Later
The Digital Retrospect & Afterlife
Work

Then
Office Travels and Long Hours
Now
WFH and Flexible Work
Later
Fluid Workspaces, Workstations, Staycations and smaller offices – Collapse of traditional office system and staycations taking over, everyone is a digital nomad.
Storage Devices

Then
Scrolls & Files – Giant Computers – Floppy – CDs & DVDS – Pen drives – Folders.
Now
Cloud Storage
Later
Everything is connected to the fingertip, you are the part of storage, a single finger touchpoint becomes key to the palace of everything you stored everywhere, haptic gets linked to cloud.
Entertainment

Then
Theatres and Movie Screens, Friday Releases on the Big Screen, Anticipation, Torrent and Piracy.
Now
OTT Platforms and Gradual Shift to the Phone, Binge Watch and Fast Watch.
Later
Content Streaming, Unlimited content, anywhere, anytime, all customised to personal preferences on every platform.
Amidst the second wave of COVID pandemic, social media became the mainstream platform for help givers who eventually became life saviours for those in desperate need for help.