From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 16:51:26 +0800
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Subject: [flippant reply] Re: [rant] A thought on filters and the V-Chip
Message-ID: <199601310810.AAA00305@ix10.ix.netcom.com>
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At 10:26 AM 1/29/96 -0500, you wrote:
>The cypherpunks relevance of all this is that it should soon be possible to
>create completely mediated environments for ourselves and our children.
>Through the use of implants and real-time VR processing, it will be possible
>to edit our "interface" with the Real World such that unpleasant aspects are
>edited out.  We will be able to change the attire, hair, facial expressions,
>voice, and even smell of those around us to conform to our own esthetic
>desires.  Likewise with our physical surroundings.  Safety may discourage
>making a complete transformation in one's surroundings, but one can
>certainly soften the edges.

Meanwhile, rose-colored glasses are available, or
scratched-up hard contact lenses if that's the reality you'd prefer ....

                        Bill, who spends an hour or two wearing headphones
                        on the train several days a week....


                                
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