06.01.06 - 11:28 p.m.
Q: What does the future look like to you? A: A lot of pill popping Q: And what do you mean by that A: More & more undesired personality traits turn out to be chemical imbalances that can be corrected, and so we achieve better living through chemistry Q: But whither art? A: Surely you don't buy that old "artists need suffering" bit... Q: Give back Van Gogh his ear and what do you have? A: The beginnings of a joke I suppose. Alright, let him suffer then. He'd suffer even with two ears, since he was perpetually broke. Q: Is this the old "artists need poverty" bit? A: Just saying. Anyway, don't these pills cost money? Will everyone get them or just the rich? Q: Probably just the rich. A: With enough pills & all the wrinkles ironed out, what do you have? A: No depression. No anxiety. Fitter, happier, more productive Q: Will the poor rise up? A: Free pills now available, courtesy of the rich Q: Can we all achieve a state of perfect happiness if we just sit here and take our pills? A: Is happiness the end goal? Q: It's not philosophy, despite what Aristotle claims A: Shouldn't that be in the form of a question? Q: That wasn't an answer A: The future is confusing but I guarantee it will involve more pills Q: Unless they find a better delivery mechanism A: A fine mist delivered through the air vents Q: A particular waveform on the radio A: A 30-second advertisement Q: IN THE FUTURE ADS WILL BE OF VARIABLE LENGTH A: The future is now dog Q: In the future ads will be everywhere A: On the moon? Q: Transmitted directly into your brain A: Eventually no one will want anything Q: And then we will all be free A: And then we'll eventually starve to death but be ok with that Q: The pills produced an unexpected ending A: Not with a bang nor a whimper Q: We medicated ourselves right out of the game A: Maybe dogs will get smart Q: Next up to bat: super-intelligent cats A: But what about dolphins? Or chimps? Once we're gone who's most likely to take over? Q: Why is intelligence even the main criterion? Why not biomass or ability to out last nuclear catastrophe? A: Why always from our point of view anyway? Q: What does the future look like to an ant? A: Much the same as the present Q: What does the future look like to the universe? A: Maybe the past, if it's a loop Q: What does that even mean?! A: I don't see any of this translating into a good Burning Man project Q: Maybe a tape of an endless dialog A: Maybe a posterboard, 20 feet long, mapping out species & their projected lifetimes Q: Maybe a diorama? A: It would have to be very sturdy. Q: And elevated so nobody steps on it A: What is the point of thinking about the future? Q: Helps shape it I guess A: The future doesn't really exist and yet it does Q: Quite A: Maybe bags of sugar pills that all have different fake effects Q: Who's going to take pills from a stranger? A: This is Burning Man Q: Quite
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