I guess it is better to be very cautious to what futurologists want to tell us – like a medicine man they are trailing through the country to sell their future tales. Why they can be successfull? Because sometimes we just want to believe what they tell us, especially when it is good news.

Now, Matthias Horx, one of the German quacksalvers, wants to know that the virtual community euphoria is already in decline. Companies would already establish e-mail free days and people would call themselves “ex-onliners”: they left the virtual space to improve their quality of life.

What good news! So finally we can get rid of the many online platforms we participate in and that take hours to keep them updated and filled with social activity. Soon we will probably get back to meeting for a hot drink in a nice an cozy café… time to close one or two of our face books.