Comments on: Skype: not quite gods, but a lot like angels http://cultureby.com/2004/11/skype_not_quite.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2004/11/skype_not_quite.html/comment-page-1#comment-7197 Grant Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:04:19 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1091#comment-7197 Brock, That's a relief. I would worry about forgetfulness more but of course I tend to forget how often I've forgotten, as it were. I am prepared to submit to genetic engineering and offer myself up for clinical trials. I need more CREB. Thanks, Grant Brock, That’s a relief. I would worry about forgetfulness more but of course I tend to forget how often I’ve forgotten, as it were. I am prepared to submit to genetic engineering and offer myself up for clinical trials. I need more CREB. Thanks, Grant

]]> By: Brock http://cultureby.com/2004/11/skype_not_quite.html/comment-page-1#comment-7196 Brock Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:49:44 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1091#comment-7196 The difference between you and Victor Li is merely a difference in the concentration of a few molecules in the brain. He has more CREB than you, which stimulates long-term memory formation. Scientists have already used genetic engineering to create "Victor Li" fruit flies and mice. There are drugs in the pipeline right now which in clinical testing have turned elderly humans with mild memory problems into neo-Rain Man. Be patient. It will come. The difference between you and Victor Li is merely a difference in the concentration of a few molecules in the brain. He has more CREB than you, which stimulates long-term memory formation. Scientists have already used genetic engineering to create “Victor Li” fruit flies and mice. There are drugs in the pipeline right now which in clinical testing have turned elderly humans with mild memory problems into neo-Rain Man.

Be patient. It will come.

]]> By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2004/11/skype_not_quite.html/comment-page-1#comment-7195 Grant Tue, 02 Nov 2004 17:33:02 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1091#comment-7195 Randy, that's a great point, once the technology feels like an enablement of my abilities (including my ego and my vanity) I will cease to scrutinize it. Indeed, I will do anything, pay anything, ensure anything to sustain my connection to it. We will get to be gods but, worse case, cease to be citizens. Thanks, Grant Randy, that’s a great point, once the technology feels like an enablement of my abilities (including my ego and my vanity) I will cease to scrutinize it. Indeed, I will do anything, pay anything, ensure anything to sustain my connection to it. We will get to be gods but, worse case, cease to be citizens. Thanks, Grant

]]> By: Randy Simmons http://cultureby.com/2004/11/skype_not_quite.html/comment-page-1#comment-7194 Randy Simmons Tue, 02 Nov 2004 16:54:31 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1091#comment-7194 I am interested in your take on Neal Stephenson's essay "In the Beginning was the Command Line." He seems to worry far more than you do about hiding the interface. Or at least he claims there are implications for "knowledge." I am interested in your take on Neal Stephenson’s essay “In the Beginning was the Command Line.” He seems to worry far more than you do about hiding the interface. Or at least he claims there are implications for “knowledge.”

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