Connectivity Concerns
Over the last few years, I've seen more and more people wearing the Star Trek inspired earpieces that allow for handless operation of a cell phone. These are the same people who appear to be crazy, walking around the local supermarket shouting, "I don't care about the estimate, just give me the docments!" while attempting to choose a ripe avocado.
Mark my words, America- withing 30 years cell phones will be surgically implanted inside of people.
The mouthpiece will be placed inside a hollowed out tooth, and the earbud will be a hearing device type deal in the inner ear. All actions will be voice controlled, and all that will be required is saying the person's name and you'll be instantly connected.
Of course, this will all be supplemented with Internet access, with a screen either on a specially made contact lens or some type of virtual reality device for transmitting the image of the person we're talking to. Eventually, we'll learn how to deceive the brain into believing our skin is being touched by another person, and the need for real human contact will be obliterated once and for all.
In other words, technology will allow us to immerse ourselves in an environment that seems perfectly real- and yet isn't. As time goes by, the differences in the two "worlds" will be so minute that no one will be able to tell the difference, and one will lose track of whether or not they are connected to the devices in question. I'd carry the process farther, but then I'd just get nauseous.
In short, we're going to incubate ourselves in technology and lead really awesome and really fake lives. People will grow addicted to these devices (like the cell phones of today) and never do anything but operate in their electronically connected world.
Somewhere Thoreau and Emerson just threw up.
Mark my words, America- withing 30 years cell phones will be surgically implanted inside of people.
The mouthpiece will be placed inside a hollowed out tooth, and the earbud will be a hearing device type deal in the inner ear. All actions will be voice controlled, and all that will be required is saying the person's name and you'll be instantly connected.
Of course, this will all be supplemented with Internet access, with a screen either on a specially made contact lens or some type of virtual reality device for transmitting the image of the person we're talking to. Eventually, we'll learn how to deceive the brain into believing our skin is being touched by another person, and the need for real human contact will be obliterated once and for all.
In other words, technology will allow us to immerse ourselves in an environment that seems perfectly real- and yet isn't. As time goes by, the differences in the two "worlds" will be so minute that no one will be able to tell the difference, and one will lose track of whether or not they are connected to the devices in question. I'd carry the process farther, but then I'd just get nauseous.
In short, we're going to incubate ourselves in technology and lead really awesome and really fake lives. People will grow addicted to these devices (like the cell phones of today) and never do anything but operate in their electronically connected world.
Somewhere Thoreau and Emerson just threw up.
posted by Yorick at 10:22 AM
1 Comments:
The drugs are you taking obviously haven't worn off yet.
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