Beasts to superheroes to gods
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Our beastly reality:We try to replicate “being there”
at some other place and time
PRESENT
SUB-PRESENT
“Like being there”
“Worse than being there”
Audio fidelity
Cognitive fidelity
Conversational fidelity
Source: Joe Burton, CTO, Plantronics
Our superhero desire:Better than “being there”
PRESENT
SUB-PRESENT
SUPER-PRESENT“Better than being there”
“Like being there”
“Worse than being there”
Audio fidelity
Cognitive fidelity
Conversational fidelity
Capability fidelity
Character fidelity
Source: Joe Burton, CTO, Plantronics
Computers amplify symbols
When sensual data is turned into symbols,
computers erode privacy
This is a fundamental tension we
need to resolve
“I think we're going to move from a Homo sapiens into a Homo evolutis: a hominid that takes direct and deliberate controlover the evolution of his species,her species and other species.”
—Juan EnriquezBiologist
“The essential function of the universe, whichis a machine formaking gods.”
— Henri BergsonPhilosopher
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