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Everyone hates me.
My mom hates me because she accidently saw porn, although I did not show it to her.
My birds hate me because I didn't let them out of the cage until 10:30 tonight.
My neighbors hate me because I was confused this morning and thought it was Monday (due to the holiday yesterday) and I put out my garbage on the wrong day.
My landlord hates me because rather than saying to me "Kevin, you put your garbage out on the wrong day. Please be careful." to which I would have replied. "I'm sorry. I will be more careful", the neighbors went directly to her and claimed that they were having major problems with me and my garbage disposal habits. Apparently they failed to mention that it was only once in the three years I have been here.
I have a hunch it was the woman upstairs. I would think she would be grateful to me that I don't report her and the strange noises she makes at night, which are (according to Tomoe's theory) obviously the sounds of her crushing up chicken bones to feed the poor child she has chained up in her bathroom.
Looks like Jon and I may be taking another stab at Fuji in April. This time maybe we will plan an overnighter so we don't have to make it down by the last bus.
Here's an article about a guy who saves everything he does on his computer including phone conversations and every photo he views, etc., making a computerized memory for himself. He envisions a day when we will be able to access out memory from screens that pop up out of desks and what-not. The availability of storage space allows this to happen of course...
I wonder how long it will take to realize what I envision. Imagine a day when our brains are hooked up to the Internet and our artificial memory's disposal. Every signal to our brain from our eyes will be saved. Every auditory signal saved... I wonder how much storage space that will take.
There will be no need for memorization. Everything will be accessible via the Internet in our brain. Before a surgery, a doctor can download all the needed anatomy charts into RAM. Skill will be based entirely on how a person uses information, rather that how much information a person has access too.
I will be able to transmit everything I see, hear, feel and even think to anyone else in real time... (ESP).
Of course some people think that this is creepy, but to the generation that grows up with it, it will be a fact of life, and no one will give it a second thought. Even if so called "privacy" went out the window, and all out thoughts were open to anyone else who wanted to read them, I don't see any problems. Of course there would be problems if this happened today, because we have not had time to adapt, but given time, it could become a wonderful aspect of human culture. Image how many hate crimes based on ignorance might not happen because ignorance is impossible when we can literally see the world through someone else eyes. We would know of someone's evil intent before they even came close to acting on it, and would be able to either prevent them from acting on it, or give them the help they need to prevent themselves form acting upon it.
The need to keep a secret should disappear with the ability to keep a secret... after all, the only reason I put up a front, is so that I can live up to a standard set by the other guy who is putting up a front himself.
But that's just my vision.
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