Today, no deep speculations. Just a little something that might make you smile (I hope).
Last night I watched an episode of a 1985 TV series (courtesy of an Amazon.com DVD) in which a man becomes insane because he feels overwhelmed by technology: telephone, fax, VCR, walkman etc... He is longing for silence and for some kind of privacy. Therefore he invents a device able to short-circuit all these machines. His firm belief is that “the majority’s rule” compels (1985) people to become “dependent” on these machines, so something must be done about it. I mercifully avoid mentioning the tragic ending, sigh! Anyway, he goes on believing that he has sown a seed, and ends up living happily in his “nice little cell” (his words) and in his “hopeless illusion”(my words)!! If he only knew....
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