Two Futures

My first narrative was done as a Twine, and can be viewed here.

tl;dr: I focused on world-building; in the aftermath of multiple Pandemics, humanity became increasingly dependent on digital technology and the Web as a way to connect during Physical Distancing. People work and learn from home. However, schools still hold an important role as gathering places, where students can access mentors and collaborate with one another in person.

The second narrative is a recorded discussion between me and my partner.

 

tl;dl: Max and I discuss efficiency, augmented reality, telepathic devices, and the trend towards aggregate news sources.

Shownotes (in case you want to listen, but also want to skip ahead!)

        • 1:15     more efficient writing and reading
        • 4:15     augmented reality
        • 7:00     hologram ads
        • 10:45   more augmented reality
        • 12:30   advancing the pen and keyboard
        • 16:25   speech-to-text and writing stories
        • 19:00   mind-movies (e.g. “NeuroVision (TM)”)
        • 23:20   editing writing
        • 24:15   telepathic mind-movie collaboration
        • 25:45   reflecting on changes in past 20 years
        • 27:14   aggregate news and social media — the push to be more than a content consumer

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Hello Network, my old friend
I can connect with you again,
Because our new modem has arrived.
After that lightning strike our house survived!

(Please excuse my terrible parody. I’m just very excited to be back online after two weeks untethered!)

I was boggled when I first saw the cats-cradle of a network that our music choices formed on Palladio. I spent a while experimenting, to get a feel for what I was looking at. Tugging on nodes, switching the data targets and sources, narrowing things down to just one track and its connections, etc. Every time I thought I had figured it out, I found something new that unraveled my understanding of how our data was interconnected.

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Algorithms of Predictive Text

“My idea of Technology is not available for remote playback”

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