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Wow, keyboard-free programming.

It sounds both incredibly interesting and a little frightening. I'd hate to think of the kinds of metrics that might be applied to professional programmers.




Imo if we develop the ability to connect people with machines in a high bandwidth and high fidelity way the world will change completely.


Even low-bandwidth with good fidelity would change everything.

Mobile devices, for example, would become much more useful.


I’m a bit wary of this idea but I can’t say I haven’t wished for it many times when my wrists are in pain and a deadline is looming so I can’t take a recovery break.


Do I need to think of 260 different keys? Gonna take a while to practise that, and I feel like there is a separte mechanics processor to my core processing motor, so I can think and type at the same time; how do I make sure it’s the other one that brain-types?


  the kinds of metrics that might be applied
Expect open rebellion in a lot of areas. Most of the world is clued into the idea of remote observers posing behind duck blinds with clip boards, it's just that we haven't experienced visceral provocation yet.

This takes the conceptual hazard to another level.

The way it goes down, in order to habituate a mob is to wait for a generation to grow up, having no memory of ever living another way.

Then the real exploitation begins.

So, as with environmental pollution, it's not really our problem, but 20 or 30 years from now? Forget it. Those lives are already ruined.




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