BEST BITS: Ali's 90's letter to herself

Ali has written a letter to herself back in 1992. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So what I've actually done is written a letter to
my nineteen ninety two self. Oh nice way, yeah, because
it was really interesting living the entire week without the technology,
eating the food that we used to do, and trying
to think back in those terms. So all right, you
want to hear it. You'd love to hear it. Okay,
all right, it would have been awkward if you said no,
Ca said dear nineteen ninety two Alley, have you got

(00:21):
some big changes coming? Look, I know you're busy finishing
school and learning from blackboards, but make the most have
been able to throw dusteres at someone, Because in thirty
years you're going to be learning on computers that are
only as big as your folder that you've got now,
that are covered in your smash hit stickers. Everyone's going
to be walking around with a phone in their back pocket,
and on that you'll be able to look up anything
in the world you want to know and take photos

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that you won't have to wait to get back from
the chemists. There is no such thing as red eye anymore.
There is something called social media that's coming along, and
that'll mean you'll spend less time talking to mates, and
although you'll be able to use it for lots of good.
Please be careful with it. It allows people to be
mean and nasty and not very nice. It can take
you away from your family time, and all of a
sudden you can feel smaller than you are because you

(01:05):
see what everyone else is doing. Take it from me,
you're only seeing the best bits of their life, not
what's really going on. Keep questioning things. You're really going
to need that. In twenty twenty two, most people will
be getting their news thanks to a computer algorithm, which
is created by people who want to make money, so
it means facts aren't facts anymore either. As TV, sooner

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rather than later, you're going to be watching your favorite
shows by yourself in your room, and most of them
will involve what they call reality TV stars. It's cheaper
to make, and one of the weirdest characters of all
will become the President of the United States. Hard to believe,
but trust me, do not throw out your clothes. Nineties
fashion with the shoulder pads and the double denim is

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back in twenty twenty two. You'll also be hearing some
of your favorite songs again, but we call them collabs now,
which is where someone just sticks another cool beat under
that tune. They have found remedies for all sorts of diseases,
deal none for cancer, and watch out for when someone
actually says, oh, looks like we can catch viruses from
animals like bats. In the end, though there's nothing to

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be afraid of. It's all to be embraced. Yes, life
will change, and it will change quickly, but you will
move along with it. I really hope you're kinder to yourself.
I hope you stay kind to others, and finally, make
sure you write this down. The Powerball will jackpot to
one hundred and sixty million dollars thurs Day, the twenty seventh,
and the winning numbers are ten, four, twelve, eighteen, two

(02:28):
thirty four seven and the powerball is seven. Good luck