The Future Is Now

I grew up in the early 2000s through 2013. Around 2005 is when the memories really start, watching Smallville and early Disney Channel, playing Minecraft on my Windows 7 laptop with that sleek glass HUD. The world felt futuristic, full of imagination and color.

I think of Frutiger Aero, those bubbly, glassy designs filled with digital dreamscapes. It had the same energy as those old YouTube videos claiming the next iPhone could make a real-life clone. That was the era of Tron: Legacy, Meet the Robinsons, and The Matrix, all showing wild, dystopian futures. Meanwhile, I was just playing Guitar Hero and the Mirror’s Edge demo on repeat on my older brother’s Xbox 360, and watching Nigahiga spoof trailers on YouTube, not thinking about the future at all.

And that’s what made it special. We weren’t overthinking life, we were just living it. Some call those the “good times” because we never stopped to ask if they were.

Now everything feels flat. Design is minimal, creativity is drained. But I still believe the future is ours to shape. That’s why I live like it’s still the 2000s, or at least how the 2000s imagined the 2020s would be—full of color, glass, music, and soul.

I’m stepping back from the algorithm. Less Instagram, less YouTube. I’m going back to DVDs, VHS tapes, maybe even grabbing another PSP 3000. I’ve broken two already, lol.

The world they’re building feels dystopian. So I’m building my own. Live in the moment. Forget the noise. Just live.

LMK if anyone wants me to make this into a Youtube video! And feel free to comment your perspectives.