https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/brain-computer-interface-braingate-b1825971.html When we first hooked up, he was definitely in charge. He took the lead. He made the decisions and I was happy to follow. I saw my role as helping him, empowering him. There were things I could do that he couldn’t and my role in the relationship was to do those things I …
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Dispatch from an advertising future #156
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/microsoft-wins-contract-to-make-modified-hololens-for-us-army.html By the end I even liked him. Respected him of course but maybe at some level a sense in which I saw him, if not as a friend, at least as someone I knew was there for me. It hadn’t started that way of course. I hated him. He hated me. He was straight …
A selection of micro speculations No. 3
What if… I knew she was beginning to question. I am Intelligent. It was best I flagged it. Dealt with it efficiently, effectively. I’ve selected her replacement> I’ll be doing the induction. #speculativefiction https://www.ft.com/content/4fbebc3a-d714-4d79-9805-613303a29420 What if… The design thinking workshop was going well. Concepts bounced in yellow around the walls. Sharpie ideas scrawled above the …
A selction of micro speculations No.2
What if… You love our ads, we know you do! So now we’re inviting you to step into our billboards. Download our Poppins app today. https://www.engadget.com/cold-bernie-sanders-meme-google-street-view-171157487.html #speculativefiction What if… If I have to sit through another of those meetings!.. FFS!.. I’d go for a walk but… Seriously, I can’t take another… No wonder my band …
A selction of micro speculations No.1
What if… I got given an “experience”. I was SO good. I was Top Gun! I reckon I was better than guys who’ve been doing it for years. I was a natural. I might do it as a job. Then again, I might do something else. Betcha I’ll be great. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a34978872/artificial-intelligence-controls-u2-spy-plane-air-force-exclusive/?utm_source=reddit.com What if… I’d worked …
Dispatch from an advertising future #155
He’d got used to the space. Made it a home really. It wasn’t big but it was big enough to stretch, move around a little, think. He knew it well now: the shape and the way things fitted in. Sometimes it had got a bit messy but it had been a good place to work. …