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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
1/4/2017 6:12:13 PM
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Re: Self-cannibalization
@ariella -- or maybe insanity is normal, and technology just helps us to see that... :P

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Ariella
Ariella
1/4/2017 6:05:09 PM
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Re: Self-cannibalization
@mhhf1ve yes, the tech can normalize the signs usually associated with insanity.

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
1/4/2017 5:57:33 PM
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Re: Self-cannibalization
@Ariella -- thanks for digging up the reference! I had forgotten where it was from... (I think I may have gotten Clarke confused with Asimov)

And besides AR and smart watches/rings, there will also be wireless earbuds so we can walk around talking to ourselves/magic AI voices in our heads.... 

 

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Ariella
Ariella
1/4/2017 5:39:10 PM
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@mhhf1ve that's the third of Clarke's three laws. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws:

British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated three adages that are known as Clarke's three laws, of which the third law is the best known and most widely cited:

1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.


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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
1/4/2017 5:36:03 PM
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Re: Self-cannibalization
Augmented reality is going to look a lot like scrying, I guess... people "seeing" information virtually in space when there's nothing there in "reality" -- that's a kind of magic.

What's the saying? Any sufficiently advanced technology will appear to be magic?

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Ariella
Ariella
1/4/2017 5:04:32 PM
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Re: Self-cannibalization
@MHHF1VE The projection idea is cool, and it could actually be practical for sharing certain things in a business meeting without having to carry anything bulky along. But looking at a ring for answers makes me think of the practice of scrying. It wasn't done only with crystal balls but also with mirrors, windows, and I'd guess rings. 

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
1/4/2017 4:39:40 PM
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Re: Self-cannibalization
Heh. Text on a ring would be almost by definition "at arm's length" though! So no reading glasses needed? 

And I don't think a ring display will be meant for anything too complicated... maybe there will be some system of just a few messages like "Got it!" or "Thanks" that are allowed..? 

I don't think anyone will really want to read complex Elvish messages on their finger.... 

Or maybe a femto-projector on the ring that can use your palm as a display surface? 

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Ariella
Ariella
1/4/2017 4:31:58 PM
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Re: Self-cannibalization
@mhhf1ve so long as you're fine with tiny print. I wear glasses for my near-sightedness, but lately I've been taking them off to read text that's closer to my eyes than a computer screen.

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
1/4/2017 4:19:08 PM
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Re: Self-cannibalization
I haven't worn a watch in years, either. (And I'm only slightly embarrassed to admit that my last regularly worn watch was a Casio calculator watch...)

Having worn a calculator watch, I think I've gotten over the "novelty" of gadget watches. If I wear a watch again, it'll have to do something pretty useful for me -- more than just telling me that I have a text message or that I need to take a few more steps. I'm not sure what the "killer app" for a smart watch is, but I haven't seen it yet (for me, at least).

A smart ring might have a lower barrier for me to wear now that I've gotten used to wearing a ring everyday. I think it'll be harder for me to start wearing a watch again than to start wearing another ring? I think I could put up with a 2nd ring that counted my steps or beeped when I had a text message.... 

And if the display tech exists.. I think it'd be really cool to have text show up on a ring like in the Lord of the Rings... scrolling text messages on a ring might be kinda neat?

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Ariella
Ariella
1/4/2017 4:04:16 PM
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@mhhf1ve Don't worry: it's not something I do. I've stopped wearing a watch, and I leave my phone in my pocketbook. 

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