Welcome to the machine

[Wombaticus Rex]

Tim is a very awesome and grounded human being. I should hope this lunatic future is built by him rather than the Zuckerbergs of Earth.

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Tim is not awesome and he definitely is not grounded. But he is a very good friend of mine who I think is awesome and grounded. Funny to see his name pop up in this thread. I've basically always thought everything he ever wrote was nonsense. The friends I keep. . .

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Just kidding BTW

[tazmic]

Tim is a very awesome and grounded human being. I should hope this lunatic future is built by him rather than the Zuckerbergs of Earth.

This Third Industrial Revolution is in the hands of the UN. Here's a take from UNESCO:

Built on the cyber revolution and on systems of codes – computer codes today, followed by genetic codes tomorrow – the third industrial revolution is subjecting the material production society to a new – immaterial – force, which is based on the signs of the “programmed society.” The advent of this society is being precipitated by the rapid growth of world networks, both public and private, which are the main instruments of globalization

http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2028&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Globalization could contribute not just to the fragmentation of societies but also to the spread of an international consciousness. This is perhaps how we should see the ill-named anti-globalisation protest movement that sociologist Edgar Morin calls a second globalisation: one of awareness, alongside economic and technical globalisation.

Does Tim Boucher have a FaceBook account?

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Does Tim Boucher have a FaceBook account?

I highly doubt it. He just got rid of his cellphone again. I think he is probably spending time away from the web period. Since I don't have nor would I ever have a facebook account so I can't say for sure. But I don't see Tim ever using facebook. I haven't heard from him via our normal channel, known as email, in a couple months. Another common friend has however. I think he is doing ok. Probably working in theater for the summer up in Mass, is my reckoning. I know he is intermittently getting his emails, as his last post on his site is a photo I took of him that I just happened to find a little while back going through my old hard drive.

[elfismiles]

Is there a thread like this out there? I'm sure there probably is. Here's my entry to the fray. All I could think of reading this was of course:



Wal-Mart Radio Tags to Track Clothing
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... TopStories

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been.
You've been in the pipeline, filling in time,
provided with toys and Scouting for Boys.
You bought a guitar to punish your ma,
And you didn't like school, and you know you're nobody's fool,
So welcome to the machine.
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream.
You dreamed of a big star, he played a mean guitar,
He always ate in the Steak Bar. He loved to drive in his Jaguar.
So welcome to the machine.

Just the other day I heard Katherine Albrecht mention that Roger Waters latest tour used RFID enabled wrist-bands ... and dammit, she was right!

Roger Waters to promote Amnesty International through ... - RFID 24-7
http://www.rfid24-7.com/2012/07/19/roge ... c-concert/
Jul 19, 2012 – More than 70000 attendees will wear RFID wristbands to gain entry to the concert and to link their Facebook accounts.

Waters uses RFID for The Wall show | Music Week
http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/wate ... how/051074
Jul 20, 2012 – Longtime Amnesty International supporter Roger Waters will use RFID to link fans' experience of his The Wall tour finale with their Facebook ...

RFIDs AND fucking facebook.

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