EPIC 2014

I watched the EPIC 2014 documentary and I found it very interesting. It talked about how in 2014 Google could use its Google Grid to collect news from its users and somehow give it back. Because the information and news is coming from the consumers, the news that is tailored back could be untrue. This would be called Epic.

I wouldn’t say that Epic is something to look forward to. People want to be well informed of what is happening on a daily base and people are willing to do anything for good, up to date and reliable information. I do not believe Epic will share reliable and trustworthy information, therefore I felt kind of scared when I saw the video.

This Epic idea could really happen because of the fact that people are relying each day more and more on the internet to read their news. That is why probably most of the world newspapers are posting their news online for their subscribed readers to read.

I wouldn’t have any inconvenience of media companies consolidating and becoming one huge media corporation if the news they are sharing is true and up to date. A problem with this scenario is that this could lead to a monopoly in the media services which means that they could have the power to manipulate the general public. Epic could turn into one of these monopolies. I know this sounds kind of drastic, but this has happened and this is something to watch out for.