29.12.10

future shylock

K: I found my copy of Future Shock. 16th printing -- all in the first 6 months.

b1: impressive.  you could say that "future shock" was in itself, the first example of over-data.

K: The film was narrated by Orson Welles.

b1: spooky.

K: That dude's voice alone would give me shock.
I'm trying to find a copy online.  I need to see it.
there was also a 1994 SF/Horror movie with that name.

b1: SPOOKY.

K: And a 1973 TV series.
what's over-data?

b1: it's a term i just coined to describe too much information.  it's awesome.  you're welcome to be among the first to use it.

K: Bingo.  It's on YouTube.
(the documentary)
tonight's all-night project will be the Future Shock study.
there are some great looking vids in YouTube.  e.g. "1999 A.D. : Shopping from Home!:
or, as we Jews would say, 1999 C.E.

b1: or as those of us who haven't religiously attached ourselves to people who thought they were "advanced thinkers" 5000 years ago would say, "shut the fuck up."  [king feddy says i should use that statement more often (<- true).]

K: HAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

b1: i apologize for that.  i just woke up.  do note that it did play well to the secular audience.

K: and I'll read this: http://www.fastcompany.com/1695307/future-shock-at-40-what-the-tofflers-got-right-and-wrong?partner=rss
This low-priced Bantam Book has been completely reset in a typeface designed for easy reading, and was printed from new plates.  It contains complete text of the original hard-cover edition.  NOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN OMITTED.

b1: what they *should* have done is said, "WE'VE MADE UP LOTS OF GOOD PARTS."

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