My new aspiration: To be an “early post-human artist”
So I have finally decided to start a blog. Initially (and for the forseeable future) this will be little more than a personal journal where I track and record thoughts and ideas for which I have some greater-than-passing interest. It is mainly for myself (a journal more than a blog) but also a means of occasionally sharing with others who may have similar interests.
Pushing me over the edge—I’ve been wanting to start an online diary for a long time—were two unrelated items: first, a most enjoyable second year at the MARBLE/marble symposium in Marble, Colorado; second, the latest book I’m reading: Rainbow’s End by Vernor Vinge (online copy). Vinge was the first to popularize the notion of a coming technological singularity. A fascinating transcript of a recent talk where Vinge talks about this latest book (and states “It will be a very glorious thing to be an early post-human artist”) can be found here.
Inspiration for the name of this blog—foolscap—comes from Rainbow’s End. In the depicted world of 2025, this foolscap is a sort of flexible electronic “browser paper” that effectively provides a neural interface to the connected world.
This blog’s content will likely be centered on a handful of topics of intense personal interest: Art (especially three-dimensional), technology trends, life (where it came from, what it is and where it’s headed), photography, cooking and travel. Due to its public nature, this diary will not contain anything about the personal or private lives of me, my family or friends. For now, comments are turned on but will be moderated. I’m not certain if or where they might fit in to my grand scheme.
In: Art, Cooking, Future, Life, Photography, Technology, Travel
on 18-November-2007 at 11:51
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