It was more than 40 years ago, but I still remember my last trip on
hallucinogens. It was typical - the walls were melting, everything was
sexy and beautiful, the cat was carrying on an interesting chess game;
but what I remember most was the realization that it would be another
8 more hours of this boring crap before I got my mind back.

It looks to me like the promise of the "the next thing" in the video
is a lot like those hallucinogens; essentially sterile techno brain
candy, part of the digital soma for the masses. It will probably be
wildly popular, in no small part because it is so extraordinarily
distractive. TED talks run wild.

And a few of us (assuming I'm still around at the time) will still
prefer to look at one another, and the world around us, and draw on
that; read old books, and write letters by hand. And have sex with our
lovers, not smart phone apps.

Cheers;
Chris



On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:09 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.indiegogo.com/The-Next-Thing

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