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Seth Godin’s latest blog talked about the overwhelming amount of information we’re now being fed:

Every 18 months for the last decade, the world has doubled the data it pushes to you. Twice as much email, twice as many friend requests, twice as many sites to check, twice as many devices. When does your mind lose the ability to keep up? Then what happens? Is it already happening?

Maybe another question is, “How long until we all just get sick of it?”

Admit it—the last time one of your friends/co-workers told you they weren’t on Facebook, you wondered if they must have some kind of criminal record or something? I mean, who wouldn’t be on Facebook? And you don’t text yet? So I actually have to call you if I want something? Why are you being so difficult?

Everything is cyclical. Especially what’s “cool”?  If you think I’m wrong, quick—tell me what was the “in thing” back in 2004?  You likely can’t remember because whatever was “cool” then is largely irrelevant now.

Here are my fearless predictions for the year 2016:

• All of those “under-developed” countries (that we used to consider the last places on Earth we’d ever want to vacation to) suddenly become “No-Technology Havens” and thus, desired by all of us needing a break from our Droids/laptops/email. The Myanmar Marriot will be renowned for its lack of usable wifi and cell signals.

• A young, major music star will mention in a People.com article that she thinks, “all that Tweeting is a waste of time…I’d rather write in my journal,” and millions will follow her. Twitter will become a ghost twown. Only Ashton Kutcher and Guy Kawasaki will remain, sending out messages to each other.

• Phone apps will still be popular…but there will be so many of them that nobody can possibly figure out what’s really useful, or which ones to actually download. The most popular app will be called, “App Destroyer”, and will be used to stop the endless flow of useless apps being sent to your phone. Unfortunately, it will be created by BP and won’t actually stop anything.

• Emails will all go through a spam-like filter that will immediately send them back to the originator if they’re more than three sentences, include more than one exclamation point, or use a question to respond to a question. This will leave us all with just 12 emails per day, half of which can just be “starred”…and we’ll get to them…eventually?

• Facebook will be replaced by something called “Stalinbook.” Oh sure, it won’t allow photo sharing, wall posts, or any uncensored interaction between “Comrades”, but its privacy settings will be sublime. People using Stalinbook will not only be able to “un-friend” people who annoy them, they’ll be able to banish them from the site altogether. (And you’ll love the “HATE” button.)

Our tolerance for distraction has increased exponentially. That being said, in a few years being “anti-technology” has a good chance of being more popular than ever? I’d be more certain, but my “Magic 8-Ball” app keeps telling me to, “Ask again later.”