January 11, 2010
You Are Not A Gadget
Sheila, I am thinking about picking up a copy. What do you think?
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- Michael Smith: Joel’s Dream Date: Phantom Menace; Cat urine cologne; Deron.
- Joel Bernstein: For the record, if you pay to see this, you are no longer my friend.
- Deron Bauman: Meow.
- Joel Bernstein: This must be why I fuck so many cats.
- Michael Smith: Seems to me the experiment almost does itself.
- Casey Cichowicz: No. It is not possible. I can assure you.
- Joel Bernstein: Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes?
- LaurenH: I’m with those who say get that girl out of that household. The father has now very effectively...
- Rick Neece: Holee sh..!
- Rick Neece: Asian calligraphy, ‘cept instead of a brush, hot glass. The image of her controlling the glass and...
- Rick Neece: For the gull-wing, I’m sure it would knock me in the chin every time I opened it.
- Marco: Oh god yes.
- Rick Neece: Chuck, testes, testes, One-Two-Three. I can hear you breathing. (TAP,TAP,TAP) “Is this thing...
- Joel Bernstein: Chuck Testa
- Rick Neece: I know the Jag has gone through changes since Ford owns the company. It makes me a little sad for the...
This actually made Slashdot, where it had roughly the sort of reception one would expect.
My immediate reaction, Andrew, is to say, Sure, why not? The literature of disillusion has a long tradition, and overall its makers are neither more nor less fallible that those who produce visionary literature.
Lanier strikes me as one of those eye-witness/participants whose recollections and insights can be valuable in a limited kind of way so long as you don’t mistake them for wisdom.