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I believe the fact that current displays glow all the time will seem like a temporary aberration when we look back in a couple hundred years. I just wrote a cou
by kepano 12y ago
I believe the fact that current displays glow all the time will seem like a temporary aberration when we look back in a couple hundred years. I just wrote a couple short pieces about it. [1][2]
That said, I don't think we'll go back to a world with less artificial light, in fact most people seem to view sleep/night as problem to be solved. Light = productive time, so as a culture obsessed with productivity, I can only see us wanting to create even more time.
[1] http://edgemade.com/2014/9/16/the-unglowing http://edgemade.com/2014/9/16/the-unglowing
[2] http://edgemade.com/2014/9/18/the-unglowing-continued http://edgemade.com/2014/9/18/the-unglowing-continued
- lxmorj 12y agoI bet someone clever could hack together a quick script that makes a laptop screen dim instantly when you look away, provided your face is in the field of view of the builtin camera...