• Reality TV show: Flame War Arena. Formerly anonymous strangers who have engaged in vitriolic debates in online forums meet each other in person for the first time--armed with primitive weapons, in a no-holds-barred cage match. Voice actors read transcripts of their posts while a live audience eggs them on. Winning mano a mano proves that the victor was right and the loser was wrong.

• Skype in the shower.

• Voice-activated "Lie Monitor" matches your every statement to facts stored in its information database and publicly announces each instance of prevarication. Device is disabled for all politicians and corporate spokespersons.

• TVs have front-facing cameras that never shut off. You watch them; they watch you.

• Reality TV show: Who Wants to Stop Being a Celebrity? Disillusioned B-, C-, and D-list celebs vie to reveal some previously unknown sordid detail of their life. Winner mysteriously and permanently vanishes from the all-encompassing information grid. All of the others remain celebrities.