Tag Archives: Obvious but not Obvious
Will Your Children Get Mind-Controlled Mechas For Christmas?
In light of some recent developments – artificial limbs that the user can ‘feel,’ and motherf***ing RATS LINKING TO EACH OTHER’S BRAINS – I thought I’d repost this rhapsody on our human-robot future, that I originally wrote for These Gentlemen in 2009. Will Your Future Children Get Giant Mechas For Christmas? (That They Control With […]
Check Your Facebook Bubble Bias
I’m sure you, too, have read plenty of blog posts and newspaper articles concerning the trends and traits of Our Generation (Millenials, aged teen to thirtysomething, and possibly older and younger folks too). A.k.a. The Facebook Generation, The Smartphones-At-Dinner Generation, The Irony Generation, The No-Dating-Just-Hookups Generation. I just want to say one thing: these stereotypes […]
A Transitional Decade
I was thinking about what my friend Sam over at Morpheme Addict said in this post. It lead me to some not-totally-coherent thoughts, which maybe someone will be gracious enough to query in the comments? Anyways, Sam expresses a feeling of frustration and disconnect with the Facebook-and-blogging world which I think we’ve all known. I […]
Facebook and Death
Reprinted (reblogged?) with permission from These Gentlemen, the group blog I used to write for, which is now largely at rest. This was one of my personal favorites of my own work from my time writing there, so I’m republishing it here to connect my past blogging with my present. Please visit the These Gentlemen archives […]
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