On 15 Nov 2007, at 09:39, robin wrote:
I'm not sure, I was only thinking about this the other day and
what about Sci-Fi? Who is the new William Gibson/Rudy Rucker?
Most people are busy struggling to get through the day never mind
the future :)
Indeed and to a certain extent the future has arrived in terms of
technology and some forms of communication.
I don't think it has, we still know very little, even about
ourselves. Our future arrived like a real life whore, not the ones
featuring in Hollywood movies - it's hard not to be so disappointed.
However I enjoy thinking about using technology to do new things
(it's what I do for a living). Most new ideas are complete
failures, and are sometimes laughable when you look back, others
are not so laughable and change society.
Technology is brilliant but it makes us lazy, just look at the
comments on Youtube - part of me believes that this is the future of
the "net" - how's it changed from the BBS days but even back them you
could see what was coming.
I like applying that approach to music sometimes.
I agree but these days it mostly gets in the way, with midi you could
find a problem, with plug-ins it could take you weeks.
Anyway, I'm aware of how off-topic I've veered so I'll shut up.
It's as techno as anything else we talk about.
m
