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he only bit of technology was this little slip of material, which was so non-descript, so humble
Originally posted by dadank
it's going to be a big day tomorrow when everyone really begins to see how connected they truly are.........The boston bombings are a distraction for what we are all about to find out.
Imagine, you are trying to describe the best time of your life to a group of friends, but instead of using words, you could project that EXACT experience into the minds of people "viewing" your "digitalife," complete with every emotion, every second, every breath.
Originally posted by jella888
Cool dream! Reminds me of Robert Monroe in his out of body travels - when he would meet someone and wanted to share info/experiences with them he could 'toss them a rote" instead of trying to use words to describe. A rote was just like what you are describing - you could download whatever info to the person and then they would be able to virtually experience it first hand. I think in his case there was more personal control over the situation; you didn't HAVE to throw someone a rote if you didn't want to. And you couldn't just go and 'take' one from someone, they had to offer it to you.
Very similar idea. It very likely exists now in some form, in some reality
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
As absolutely awesome as your dream sounds, there's a plethora of ways that it could end up destroying the meaning of what it is to be real, or alive. There would be no individual identities anymore. People would get addicted to taking the experiences and live-streams of their favorite celebrities and reliving them over and over again. Time would be forgotten as one moment of life becomes perpetual existence for the most addicted people, and others would learn to swap identities or even commit crimes before forcing the memory into someone else, resulting in a global identity crisis as identity sharing becomes so ubiquitous that it no longer matters who anyone is.
...You're right, it would make a kick-ass sci-fi film. But it would make a terrible reality.edit on 21-4-2013 by AfterInfinity because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Aqualung2012
So insanely bizarre, it's almost impossible to understand, yet in my dream I was the orchestrator, I was the Zuckerburg of this new evolution.
"They trust me — dumb f**ks," says Zuckerberg in one of the instant messages, first published by former Valleywag Nicholas Carlson at Silicon Alley Insider
Originally posted by Aqualung2012
reply to post by EricR
I do wish I had chosen a better reference than Zuckerburg. I was writing on the fly, trying to get it out while still vivid.
Yeah, I hate that guy, and probably the reason I used him is because of the general Facebook/sociality thing, combined with my age and the party-like atmosphere throughout the dream.
You're absolutely right though.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
As absolutely awesome as your dream sounds, there's a plethora of ways that it could end up destroying the meaning of what it is to be real, or alive. There would be no individual identities anymore. People would get addicted to taking the experiences and live-streams of their favorite celebrities and reliving them over and over again. Time would be forgotten as one moment of life becomes perpetual existence for the most addicted people, and others would learn to swap identities or even commit crimes before forcing the memory into someone else, resulting in a global identity crisis as identity sharing becomes so ubiquitous that it no longer matters who anyone is.
...You're right, it would make a kick-ass sci-fi film. But it would make a terrible reality.edit on 21-4-2013 by AfterInfinity because: (no reason given)