Sunday, November 19, 2006

THEY’RE DYIN’ TO BUY THIS — by Steve Nadis

All over the country people are literally rioting to buy the new Sony PlayStation video game console. At store after store, crowds have engaged in mad rampages–reminiscent of Pamplona itself–in their headlong rush to purchase the latest product in video-game-playing. Where do they learn such dangerous and violent behavior? Maybe from the video games they’ll soon be playing on their PlayStations.
Posted by Snake at 04:05:48
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2 Responses to “THEY’RE DYIN’ TO BUY THIS — by Steve Nadis”

  1. gatemouth says:
    November 20, 2006 at 7:52 am

    Read the book “Feed” by M.T. Anderson if you want to know where all this tech addiction is leading.

    My gloomy prediction is that eventually the virtual experience will be indistinguishable from reality, but far easier and more satisfying. At that point, kiss mankind goodbye.

    Don’t believe me? Imagine a “feed” into your brain so that every sensation–sight, sound, smell, taste, touch–is triggered in a way that is indistinguishable from reality. Imagine what would happen if the users could “experience” sex with anyone, anyway they want, or get drunk without taking a drink, or high without taking drugs. Imagine an on-line “relationship” ten times more interesting and satisfying than a real one. How many people would ever unplug themselves?

  2. Snake says:
    November 20, 2006 at 8:25 am

    Thanks Gatemouth. That book sounds interesting but I don’t normally read things that scary.

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