Comments on: My Glasses! http://www.idallas.com/blxx/outside/my-glasses/ sleeping less and reading more Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:28:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lautreamont http://www.idallas.com/blxx/outside/my-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Lautreamont Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:44:43 +0000 http://www.idallas.com/blxx/outside/my-glasses/#comment-830 It's just part of our evolution, Jeff, isn't it? Hundreds of thousands years ago, the human being took a stone and made a weapon or a tool out of it. Then came wood, copper, etc. Now it sounds natural to everybody. As much as it will sound to the people of the future the use of bionic devices that add/increase/improve their capabilities. This only seems unnatural to those who are not familiar with our history and the way we evolve. It’s just part of our evolution, Jeff, isn’t it? Hundreds of thousands years ago, the human being took a stone and made a weapon or a tool out of it. Then came wood, copper, etc. Now it sounds natural to everybody. As much as it will sound to the people of the future the use of bionic devices that add/increase/improve their capabilities.

This only seems unnatural to those who are not familiar with our history and the way we evolve.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.idallas.com/blxx/outside/my-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Jeff Tue, 23 May 2006 00:49:35 +0000 http://www.idallas.com/blxx/outside/my-glasses/#comment-139 I imagine that in time a trend will develop where 'practical' body modifications such as this become more common and accepted. I've never had much personal interest in body mod (for myself at least - I've seen some pretty cool piercings, tattoos, etc. over the years), but I'd jump at the chance to have - say - a thin blue LED-like membrane embedded in my left forearm so that just a light touch will show the date, time and other information through my skin - almost like a glowing tattoo. Already, you see people walking around with cell phones clipped onto their ears and talkng as if it weren't even there. It's only a matter of time before someone tries to make one into a cochlear implant. Some day, body mods for aesthetic purposes could become the minority (though I don't doubt that even the practical stuff will be made to look nifty, making it easier to sell). I imagine that in time a trend will develop where ‘practical’ body modifications such as this become more common and accepted.

I’ve never had much personal interest in body mod (for myself at least – I’ve seen some pretty cool piercings, tattoos, etc. over the years), but I’d jump at the chance to have – say – a thin blue LED-like membrane embedded in my left forearm so that just a light touch will show the date, time and other information through my skin – almost like a glowing tattoo.

Already, you see people walking around with cell phones clipped onto their ears and talkng as if it weren’t even there. It’s only a matter of time before someone tries to make one into a cochlear implant.

Some day, body mods for aesthetic purposes could become the minority (though I don’t doubt that even the practical stuff will be made to look nifty, making it easier to sell).

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