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Sometimes very smart people can seem like prophets. Especially in their area of expertise. Josh Harris is just one of those people. You probably don’t know whom he is, but you should. He knew how you’d be living today back in 1999. Ondi Timoner’s documentary delves into his predictions, as well as his personality. He began as an Internet pioneer and transformed into a Machiavellian artist.

In 1984, Harris was first exposed to what would become the Internet and knew right then and there that it was the future. He started Jupiter Research, which made wildly accurate predictions out the Net’s future, and later sold it for $80 million. Taking that money, he launched the first Internet TV site called Pseudo.com when most people were still using dial-up. He was rolling in so much dough that he also became legendary for massive Studio 54-like parties. But it was more than simple decadence, the gatherings brought in top young artists in NYC, which would become the creative lifeblood of Pseudo’s programming. Before his channel had any competition, he was telling programs like 60 MINUTES that the Internet was going to take over television.
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