5 ms·

Now that many new cars are coming with have high-def wide-angle rear view cameras, I don't really need my neck muscles anymore. At some point we'll "evolve" to

Now that many new cars are coming with have high-def wide-angle rear view cameras, I don't really need my neck muscles anymore. At some point we'll "evolve" to rocks... rocks with wifi.

muse900 8y ago
as much as "rocks with wifi" made me giggle, it also made me sad cause its very true.
20after4 8y ago
That's already a thing: https://hackaday.io/project/2058-wifi-rocks https://hackaday.io/project/2058-wifi-rocks
phakding 8y ago
I am thinking, evolve more like people in WALL-E. Blobs of flesh with no muscle definition or ability to use them.
CM30 8y ago
So basically like the people in WALL•E .
dx87 8y ago
That reminds me of a TED talk I saw where the speaker was saying that something he's noticed with a lot of academics and tech types is that they only care about flexing their mental muscles; their bodies are only useful for moving their brain from one place to another, so a lot of what they build is done to make it so they have to use their bodies less.
- icc97 8y ago
  Except for the brain works better when the body is healthier.
- closeparen 8y ago
  My experience in Silicon Valley is that tech workers are drastically more fit than the general public.
- jacobolus 8y ago
  https://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson https://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson
JoshMnem 8y ago
I picture something more like floating, life-extension vats where people spend their whole lives, getting entertainment, VR images, and drugs piped into their brains. Robots will do everything else. Living involves the acts of experiencing the real world and doing things for yourself.
a3n 8y ago
"In The Year 2525," from the year 1969: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Year_2525 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Year_2525 (youtube link in "External" section is weak, try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew01FGfOZdE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew01FGfOZdE)
Animats 8y ago
That's where fat acceptance has brought us.

Now that many new cars are coming with have high-def wide-angle rear view cameras, I don't really need my neck muscles anymore. At some point we'll "evolve" to rocks... rocks with wifi.

muse900 8y ago

as much as "rocks with wifi" made me giggle, it also made me sad cause its very true.

20after4 8y ago

That's already a thing: https://hackaday.io/project/2058-wifi-rocks https://hackaday.io/project/2058-wifi-rocks

phakding 8y ago

I am thinking, evolve more like people in WALL-E. Blobs of flesh with no muscle definition or ability to use them.

CM30 8y ago

So basically like the people in WALL•E .

dx87 8y ago

That reminds me of a TED talk I saw where the speaker was saying that something he's noticed with a lot of academics and tech types is that they only care about flexing their mental muscles; their bodies are only useful for moving their brain from one place to another, so a lot of what they build is done to make it so they have to use their bodies less.

icc97 8y ago
Except for the brain works better when the body is healthier.
closeparen 8y ago
My experience in Silicon Valley is that tech workers are drastically more fit than the general public.
jacobolus 8y ago
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson https://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinson

JoshMnem 8y ago

I picture something more like floating, life-extension vats where people spend their whole lives, getting entertainment, VR images, and drugs piped into their brains. Robots will do everything else. Living involves the acts of experiencing the real world and doing things for yourself.

a3n 8y ago

"In The Year 2525," from the year 1969: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Year_2525 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Year_2525 (youtube link in "External" section is weak, try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew01FGfOZdE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew01FGfOZdE)

Animats 8y ago

That's where fat acceptance has brought us.