Re:Machines of Loving Grace: 100 years of typewriter evolution
by dhodges on Monday September 17, 2018 @07:38PM
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Yes, Richard Brautigan's most well-known poem. Brautigan was a poet to the hippie generation. His book "Trout Fishing in America" was everywhere in the late 60's. It's interesting to re-read "All watched over by machines of loving grace" and see how Brautigan anticipated AI, possibly influenced by McLuhan. I don't think Brautigan was thinking of typewriters when he wrote this line.
Re:Machines of Loving Grace: 100 years of typewriter evolution
by cam_l on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:01AM
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You are probably right.
But on the other hand, olivetti brought out the first personal computer in the mid 60's. And of course olivetti did research into a.i. So it is not too far to see the (if imagined) link.
Re:Machines of Loving Grace: 100 years of typewriter evolution
by bigiain on Monday September 17, 2018 @07:19PM
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Me too...
<sings>You can't place faith in material things, material things will fail you. A hurricane triggered by a butterfly's wings, your conspirators betray you..
It's an interesting site, so hopefully we can discuss it in its own right, rather than alternative associations to this quote.
https://vimeo.com/groups/96331/videos/80799353
But on the other hand, olivetti brought out the first personal computer in the mid 60's. And of course olivetti did research into a.i. So it is not too far to see the (if imagined) link.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivetti
<sings>You can't place faith in material things, material things will fail you. A hurricane triggered by a butterfly's wings, your conspirators betray you..