Curt Hagenlocher on 26 Jul 2000 20:40:56 -0000 |
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<nettime> Ich bin ein Consumer |
http://www.salon.com/business/wire/2000/07/26/cisco/index.html "Making good on its word of providing the plumbing for an Internet-connected society, Cisco Systems Inc. is helping create what promises to be the most futuristic community in the world. "The Internet equipment provider was set to announce Wednesday that it is working with the planned Southern California community of Playa Vista to create a massive model for the way consumers will live and interact in the future." -- Apparently, in the future, non-"consumers" will live a Kaczynski-like existence -- alone, in a primitive shack, with little-to-no "interaction." -- Curt Hagenlocher curth@motek.com # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net