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Have you noticed, how smartphones vacuum tangible reality? How many of you have real alarm clock sitting on the table, for example. It lives on, but as more in
by vitro 10y ago
Have you noticed, how smartphones vacuum tangible reality?
How many of you have real alarm clock sitting on the table, for example. It lives on, but as more intangible presence, in each and every phone. Alarm clock has died, but lives. It is present, but not present at the same time, just the spirit continues, I would say.
Soon it will happen or is happening to other items as well, and perhaps one day our spirits will live in the machine the same way alarm clock lives now.
I wholeheartedly recommend watching Japanese anime Ghost in the shell movies as a nice peek to the future.
- ageofwant 10y agoThis is a beautiful analogy. It captures the essence of it. The clock has transcended from wood and steel gears into flowing electrons on a generic computational matrix. It will be the same for humans. I'm stealing it, it's mine now. Thanks.
- lightbyte 10y ago>How many of you have real alarm clock sitting on the table, for example. Is this really THAT unusual? I still use a normal alarm clock next to my bed every day because I don't like to bring my phone into my bedroom.
- lithos 10y agoIt'll become pretty funny if humans become so addicted to alt-reality that future generations view leaving the planet's atmosphere as stuff of nightmares. Since they'll no longer have instant access any more.
- yazaddaruvala 10y agoThere will always be "rebels". The outsides, the outcasts, ... <you know the rest>
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoFor a real peak at the future, study Roman history.
- olalonde 10y agoI've studied Roman history a bit but not sure what you are alluding to, care to elaborate?
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- Arizhel 10y agoI think it's pretty obvious. The Romans had a continent-spanning civilization, with trade routes, aquaducts, roads, and elaborate concrete buildings and structures, and their civilization collapsed. It took over 1000 years to get back to the level of civilization the Romans had. That's what we have in store for us.
- devopsproject 10y agohttps://genius.com/Marc-andreessen-why-software-is-eating-the-world-annotated https://genius.com/Marc-andreessen-why-software-is-eating-th...