tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post5850757416545899812..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Jeron Lanier's Who Owns the Future? via Andrew KeenDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-60960210737356360632013-05-07T05:42:51.221-07:002013-05-07T05:42:51.221-07:00> . . .slowly filling the auditorium until whol...> . . .slowly filling the auditorium until whole<br />> crowds perished clutching spastically at their throats?<br /><br />No, the ride was air-conditioned. ;-><br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-16555188379426525522013-05-06T19:54:32.692-07:002013-05-06T19:54:32.692-07:00all the little cars moved
Did the little cars poo...<i>all the little cars moved</i><br /><br />Did the little cars poot little pollutant clouds as they moved, slowly filling the auditorium until whole crowds perished clutching spastically at their throats?Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-86490815136801185892013-05-06T19:41:33.983-07:002013-05-06T19:41:33.983-07:00> . . .monorails and I'm there!
Well, ther...> . . .monorails and I'm there!<br /><br />Well, there were trains running down the center of that<br />big highway.<br /><br />The trains, and all the little cars, moved, you know.<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-17510141468749844112013-05-06T16:31:51.445-07:002013-05-06T16:31:51.445-07:00It's true, I don't get highway hardons. I ...It's true, I don't get highway hardons. I see that City of Tomorrow and I think -- replace all that asphalt with trees and monorails and I'm there! Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-74181337303478472262013-05-06T16:27:12.268-07:002013-05-06T16:27:12.268-07:00> fantasies of plastic suburban faux-abundance ...> fantasies of plastic suburban faux-abundance and frictionless traffic<br /><br />It was **so** cool. I'm sorry you missed it, Dale!<br /><br />http://ultramodernstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/FutureCars_14_GM_Futurama_City-of-The-Future_worlds_fair_1964.jpg<br /><br />I actually had a **dream** about the Firebird IV not long ago.<br />What is my subconscious trying to tell me?<br /><br />http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1269/4665282247_a4aaee2bba_z.jpg<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-8807513651818667682013-05-06T15:53:04.909-07:002013-05-06T15:53:04.909-07:00Don't you hate it when you're rendered irr...Don't you hate it when you're rendered irrelevant in a single sentence?Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-89916396068079817012013-05-06T15:49:07.342-07:002013-05-06T15:49:07.342-07:00On the point about "the future" and the ...On the point about "the future" and the Frankfurt School, I though of Simon Critchley (here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyt3DsAV1HM&feature=youtu.be&t=9m23s) reminding us that we have to resist the future. "The future is always the ultimate ideological trump card of capitalist narratives of progress."Andrew G. Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185005944078162982noreply@blogger.com