Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Always-On Cameras

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>Well, I know that at some point I'm going to not like some new trend.  I
>didn't like the elevation of the low-life gangster-rap losers to high
>status.  Kids need better heroes than that!
>
Agreed. I hate gangster rap.

>But mostly I haven't had bad feelings about advancing technology.
>  
>
I meant anyone really.. not just you.. but that this kind of thing would 
stick more with kids first.

>It does seem to me though that people will be wasting a *lot* of time
>reviewing recordings of their lives and other people's lives.  Why not
>just live all the time and not make recordings?  I think we do enough
>video taping already.
>
True, but then most peoples lives are 99% boring. We'll review the 
interesting bits we've recorded for the same reason we tell stories or 
sit day dreaming about times long past. Also I do think software will 
appear to make editing out the dull parts of the recordings easier. If 
nothing else just make the data persist as long as it's being watched. 
The parts you never watch will simply be erased after a short time.

>Maybe you don't think people will waste time
>watching tapes, but if people aren't going to watch their recordings, why
>bother keeping that silly-looking camera on your face all the time?!
>It's hard enough to get laid as it is!  ;-)
>  
>
I think people will watch. I think we'll watch a lot. We'll watch 
ourselves instead of tv. Something like the Truman Show. I also think 
that the cameras will quickly become less silly looking. They'll either 
be outrageously visible or tastefully hidden in jewerly, glasses, hats, 
etc so that we can't even tell when they are there.
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