KALEIDOSCOPE

Human evolution can be viewed as a three-stage rocket: PRE-HISTORY, HISTORY and HYPER-HISTORY. We are currently transitioning from HISTORY to HYPER-HISTORY. In this new phase, advanced societies will depend heavily on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) for functioning and growth. 

Prehistoric societies had no tools to record knowledge. History began with the invention of systems to store and transmit information—allowing accumulated knowledge to grow exponentially. In the historical age, societies relied on technologies like agriculture while also preserving data in books and libraries. Today, ICT has evolved beyond storage to PROCESSING information, autonomously collecting, storing and analyzing data—leading to constant human-computer and computer-computer interaction (eg, robotics like Gemini Robotics). 

We are witnessing a massive shift from a physical world to a digital infosphere, where digital natives (Gen Z and beyond) will eventually blur the line between physical and digital realities. We're becoming INFORGS—informational beings—interacting in a shared digital environment with both human and artificial agents. These agents don't share our intelligence but often outperform us in specific tasks. By 2027, being constantly connected will feel so natural that disconnection will cause distress. This shift will spawn cyber-culture, post-humanism, and new aesthetic expressions in response to an overwhelming, fast-paced, remix-driven reality. 

Values ​​and meanings will be generated and processed at high speed, often outpacing human comprehension, creating a “kaleidoscopic” effect. In response, escapism and an imaginative mindset will dominate social behavior. New aesthetics will reflect micro-utopias, nostalgic for a rural, analog life, entirely devoid of tech—an ideal we know isn't truly available, but still long for.

By Nello Marelli for Intima.com