EPIC 2015: a short film about the potential information sharing capabilities that can dominate our personal lives.
EPIC 2015 shows us where the future of information sharing can go if we don’t take measures to control the data that companies can collect and share about us. It also depicts how our society will transition from print media to electronic media. Newspapers will cease to exist and books will become files to be read or listened to. Probably a good thing for the environment since we won’t need to cut down as many trees to make paper products for any type of literature. It is, however, a potential disaster for humankind if we allow personal information collection sharing to go unchecked. We will lose any privacy that we had and we will no longer be able to trust the information that we are shown because it hasn’t been verified by any reputable source. Even today, ‘Fake News’ has become a problem, as has been shown by Facebook’s policy of allowing political rivals post any media information they wish without ensuring the truth behind the advertisements or information they post. This shows the need for regulation, otherwise we can and will be easily duped into believing whatever is put out for public consumption. Verification of sources of information is essential to our survival because decisions made from intentionally distorted information can result in life or death situations. We must ensure that the legal systems we have in place to protect us are current and reflect the nature of our rapidly advancing technology. If we don’t, then we place ourselves in peril of victimization by any tech savvy person who understands how to effectively manipulate the information we receive to their own ends.
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