Is the reality of technology that is truly transformational that you can't define what it's for... the smartphone is transformational tech but nobody realized that when it was first created, it was just a phone that could save your contact list and run a few games to kill time. so nobody asked if it was being over hyped it just got sold as a phone with additional features. Nobody asked what graphene is for, another transformational tech advance that is finding dozens of uses that it's creators never envisioned... GGlass will find it's purpose... HUDs are all the rage in fighter jets for a reason GGlass is a HUD for your life... we all live on our smartphones. It's inevitable that this or a similar tech will become as ubiquitous in society as HUDs are in fighter jets... and for much the same reason.
I always figured that violent video games, especially the more realistic ones, provide a safe (ie: therapeutic) outlet for the homicidal impulses that everyone (however otherwise sane) inevitably has. Outlaw those and escalating "urban stress" will cause a dramatic increase in violent acts.
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Is the reality of technology that is truly transformational that you can't define what it's for ... the smartphone is transformational tech but nobody realized that when it was first created, it was just a phone that could save your contact list and run a few games to kill time. so nobody asked if it was being over hyped it just got sold as a phone with additional features. Nobody asked what graphene is for, another transformational tech advance that is finding dozens of uses that it's creators never envisioned ... GGlass will find it's purpose ... HUDs are all the rage in fighter jets for a reason GGlass is a HUD for your life ... we all live on our smartphones. It's inevitable that this or a similar tech will become as ubiquitous in society as HUDs are in fighter jets... and for much the same reason.
I always figured that violent video games, especially the more realistic ones, provide a safe (ie: therapeutic) outlet for the homicidal impulses that everyone (however otherwise sane) inevitably has. Outlaw those and escalating "urban stress" will cause a dramatic increase in violent acts.