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Re:Physicists Create Time-Reversed Waves of Optical Light by ehnto on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:32PM (#25463906)
The technology would be cool, but I have already grown cynical of the faucets of information we currently orchestrate. When I imagine stuff like that I also subconciously change the setting to a world without advertising, user accounts, terms and conditions, all the legal and commercial bullshit that truly makes up the information revolution experience.

Imagine having all the interruptions the current web has but in your eyeballs. Oh want to bring up some price matching on the items you are looking at? Whoops, gotta reauth the app with my Google account. Yes, I accept the cookies. Yes. Terms are fine. No I am not a robot. Oh my plan ran out, better find my credit chip...

Sexy singles in my area? The advert is showing my waypoints on the ground! Hey, this just took me to McDonalds... bloody SEO spambots.

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Re:Physicists Create Time-Reversed Waves of Optical Light by _underfl0w_ on Friday December 18, 2020 @01:53AM (#25464523)
I do the same, but am just now realizing it after reading your comment. My hypothetical future also seems to be missing a certain massive surveillance machine, now that you mention it. Is there a phrase akin to "rose-colored glasses" but for the future?
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Re:Physicists Create Time-Reversed Waves of Optical Light by bookofjoe on Friday December 18, 2020 @05:01AM (#25465584)
It's called the Technium
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Re:Physicists Create Time-Reversed Waves of Optical Light by silon42 on Friday December 18, 2020 @02:45AM (#25464804)
the closer they get the to the brain, the more important it is to have user controlled software... aka open source system, no javascriptable "content"
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Re:Physicists Create Time-Reversed Waves of Optical Light by wmwmwm on Friday December 18, 2020 @02:04AM (#25464578)
Something like this would be my total nightmare!

https://vimeo.com/166807261

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