I first realised I was living in The Future last year. I was on my way to Dundee to see Morag's band play. We'd just arrived when we realised that we didn't know exactly where we were, or exactly where we were going.
At which point I whipped out my phone, googled for Google Maps Mobile, and downloaded the app to my phone. I then fired it up, it worked out what transmitter I was attached to, and gave me a rough location from which I worked out where we were (if I had GPS it would have used that instead).
I then googled for the pub we were heading to and got the post code, and entered that into the maps application as well, giving us a route there.
That I could go from nowhere to having a maps application, which automatically located me, and then gave me directions to where I was going, felt distinctly like something out of Star Trek. I still find it impossible to take it entirely for granted.
Similarly, Nick says that he started feeling like he lived in the future when the oil started to run out, and we started heading for Mad Max territory. Clearly, we have different futures :->
When did you start feeling like you were living in the future? And if you don't - what would make you?
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