perform | angst
... so the mechanism and the machine | with its hulking and ghostly grey pillars | of efficiency and extraction and exploitation | can continue its relentless grind forward
jacked in
the ancient biological sphere of all human thought and experience / encircling the earth / wrangled / rounded up / digitised then disconnected / from its source / consciousness concentrated / and collected / confiscated by clouds
off grid
i am going to go offline for a bit. for those doing the experience course I am going to press my hands into the earth. for those doing the tech I am more than happy to let the technium whisper
bent
Seems bent this metaverse. This vague shift In interaction and immersion. It’s not a deepening of the way in which we experience our world its the creation of another
elsewhere
Our inability to accept limits is our downfall. We believe that “if we don’t have [it] here we can just get it from somewhere else”. It is one of the most damaging ideas we have ever had. An "extreme fantasy"
a way back
This was a book cover re-design. For the hell of it. The book is, 'You Are Not A Gadget' by virtual reality / computer science / net pioneer Jaron Lanier. He strongly refutes we follow the path that technology is
Touch
It touches everything you care about ⎮ So I want you to take a stand here. This is a constantly and rapidly evolving relationship that has defined our past, defines our present, and will forever define our future. It touches everything you care about. From