Oh, typical of me really. I have just posted and read back my first "future shock" post. I guess I will have egg on my face... All of the predictions I thought more on the ridiculous side if looked at from a literal point of view can kind of be meshed in with the whole "cyber" thing I guess.
I just read the quotes and took it from a complete physical realistic sense, and well, lets face it there isn't going to be a medium provided by the Internet that will allow time travel will there??Will there??? Maybe I will be shocked by "future shock"! Maybe I have been too hasty in my judgement of the predictions. Really, the only one I think deserves some slack is the one by Deb.
"The internet will transport us to any location we'd like, regardless of our geographical location." - Deb
Those of you reading this who have done or are doing NET12 will know what I mean.. I have to say that again, I took this to mean in the literal sense ie teleporting, but it could also mean to quote William Gibson, "consensual hallucination". So Deb I will cut you some slack but I still think it is a little presumptuous, which really is what the site is all about so I am thoroughly confused by myself.
Hmmm.
References:
Gibson, W. (1984) Neuromancer, Ace Books
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