Carcharoth wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:36 AM, <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > > <snip> > > >> You silly goose. Don't you realize that when we all have brain implants >> that retain a quintabyte that the internet won't exist at all. We'll be in >> constant streaming twitter mode all the time. There won't be "articles" per >> se, and you won't get input from a single page, you'll get continuous input >> from a million sources simultaneously in twitt-bits. >> > > <look of abject horror> > > I wouldn't be so horrified if that didn't sound so plausible. > > Is it too late to try the 'Culture' route? (Iain M. Banks) > >
Banks' is the "utopian version". The dystopian/nihilist version is the "One True" multiverse of John Barnes. I really hate the fact that the author I love above all others wrote such a disgusting, horrifying, and inescapably compelling vision of the future. And yes, I know that 'Culture' is only utopian if you ignore the fnords. Abject apologies for contributing to the worrisome trend of this channel to descend to non-wikipedia related non sequiturs, but there are times when one simply has to let ones pop cult. erudition get the better of oneself. <wide smirk> Yours, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
