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Not only in VR, but generally in software, we’ll see bots make a comeback. Or rather: NPCs. I like that term, this time around.
Designing User Interfaces With Bots Not Buttons
Matt Webb
Asking for the most suitable programming language for permacomputing is akin to asking for the most suitable plant for permaculture — the entire question contradicts itself.
A Holistic Approach to Computing and Sustainability Inspired From Permaculture.
xxiivv.com
And it was this work that really opened my eyes to the pervasive sensation of surveillance. (Which is why art is vital, right?) Especially because Bridle makes explicit the role of the network and what that does: the first essay is titled All Cameras are Police Cameras.
The camera network today is Instagram, TikTok, other people’s phones.
Apple’s Photo Scanning and Our State of Forced Collective Paranoia
interconnected.org
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