This is an interesting and unique perspective! I don’t love friction when using tech so I find I’m not the best early adopter (a second or third wave though when the kinks are sorted out more, I’ll hop on). I really like the perspective of getting to play with and see a portal to the unknown future. That’s a much more magical way of seeing it!
Thirty years of witnessing possibility before anyone else names it. Beautifully put.
Gibson's line has a dark underbelly though: if the future is already here, just unevenly distributed, then someone always gets left out. The early adopter lives in the gap between unknown and obvious, and that gap is lonelier than it looks. As for the laggards, the future just arrives one day, already decided.
Which is why I'd like to think Pratchett is the right ending, not Gibson. "I've always had a soft spot for people who want to redesign their souls," he said. The self isn't a scarce resource. It doesn't distribute unevenly. Everyone gets to live on the bleeding edge of themselves.
That's what Trove is for. Thank you for being one of the first people in!!
Hmm, I don’t think it’s inherently bad that some people live on the bleeding edge and some don’t, especially if it’s a matter of choice. And what I love is the democratizing aspect of technology. So much tech is now more accessible to so many more folks nowadays!
"The builder’s real work is how to bring everyone else on board."
Thank you for being the best early adopter... I shall get to work with the above!! ^
Looking forward to seeing how you shape the future!
As a full-blown technophobe, I greatly admire early adopters. We need more folks like you!
Thanks Larry - but I get the sense you only play a technophobe on TV 🤣
No, Chao. I'm a real technophobe. And I have the land-line to prove it!
This is an interesting and unique perspective! I don’t love friction when using tech so I find I’m not the best early adopter (a second or third wave though when the kinks are sorted out more, I’ll hop on). I really like the perspective of getting to play with and see a portal to the unknown future. That’s a much more magical way of seeing it!
Yeah, I don’t love the friction either, but I try to reframe them as opportunities - thanks Michelle for your support as always
Just played Trove. Very interesting and so is the essay. Thanks !
Thanks Dana, add me so I can unlock my portrait!
Thirty years of witnessing possibility before anyone else names it. Beautifully put.
Gibson's line has a dark underbelly though: if the future is already here, just unevenly distributed, then someone always gets left out. The early adopter lives in the gap between unknown and obvious, and that gap is lonelier than it looks. As for the laggards, the future just arrives one day, already decided.
Which is why I'd like to think Pratchett is the right ending, not Gibson. "I've always had a soft spot for people who want to redesign their souls," he said. The self isn't a scarce resource. It doesn't distribute unevenly. Everyone gets to live on the bleeding edge of themselves.
That's what Trove is for. Thank you for being one of the first people in!!
Hmm, I don’t think it’s inherently bad that some people live on the bleeding edge and some don’t, especially if it’s a matter of choice. And what I love is the democratizing aspect of technology. So much tech is now more accessible to so many more folks nowadays!