The decade has changed us. We ride the subway like zombies, staring into space while our earplugs sing us songs we know by heart. Back home, back online, we flip through the avatars of people we have not seen in years, if ever. In text messages, in status updates, we pretend to be profound, represent [...]
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I can’t even imagine what today’s installment would have been if things had gone differently. My Twitter friends page is a wall of hope and optimism.
So many new substances are being invented that combine so many of the properties of existing substances, it’s an age of mash-up. It’s also a feeling I get; try anything, break things, do things that are hard. This is the third in a series of six installments beginning here: http://secretvespers.com/2008/07/21/pieces-part-1/
I guess we have to trust that after we have written software that does what we do, replaced our organs and body parts with wetware that does more, and have regulated our moods and focussed our intelligence with drugs, that we really will be in a better place. Do you think so? Do you secretly [...]
When the power goes out it gets so quiet and so pleasant. Maybe someday the power will go out forever. Will you dare to eat a peach? I know I will.


