The future is here!

In movies about the future there are displays and speakers all over the place. It's always the government or MegaHugeCorp saying happy things in a soothing voice while showing smiling faces dancing in sunny fields. "Thanks to the brilliant technology of MegaHugeCorp, today's radiation danger level is only UV8. Please remember to use SPF 1337 or greater, and have a super day!"

Today I realized that my office already has these citizen-placating happy boxes! They spit out yummy profit numbers, the show pics of the winner of a company raffle, or maybe feature a marketing drone going on about our 'success' (so easily definable...) at the latest trade show. Though they can be somewhat informative, these annoying propaganda boxes really only have one redeeming factor: I'm getting prepared for The Future^TM!