The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future

<p>Technology affects almost everything we do, and its possibilities can be both exhilarating and daunting. This collection features two radio documentaries exploring Douglas Adams¿ vision of the digital future, plus <i>Did Douglas Get it Right?</i>, presented by Mitch Benn.<br><br><b>Douglas Adams</b> was a passionate technology enthusiast. His bestselling <i>The Hitchhiker¿s Guide to the Galaxy</i> is full of futuristic tech, and in 1990 he predicted something very like the World Wide Web in the BBC2 film <i>Hyperland</i>. So in 1999, he was the natural choice to present Radio 4¿s <i>The Internet: The Last 20th Century Battleground</i>. In it, he looked at the explosion in online communication, the evolution of cyberspace, and the risks and opportunities of the new virtual world.<br><br>A year later, he hosted<i> The Hitchhiker¿s Guide to the Future</i>, in which he and his guests discussed how music, publishing, broadcasting, and society in general would be transformed in the 21st c