tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post7680613283355173367..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-40257501914994273442007-12-16T18:17:00.000-06:002007-12-16T18:17:00.000-06:00Burroughs: "Rub out the word."Burroughs: "Rub out the word."Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-23970609478104373392007-12-16T16:35:00.000-06:002007-12-16T16:35:00.000-06:00Terence McKenna once argued that we, as a species,...Terence McKenna once argued that we, as a species, already escaped into a virtual workd of our own manufacture the moment we began to use language and speak. <BR/>The word is the virtual construct that disconnects us from the felt moment of immediate experience and we built our first and most persistent "second life" more than 10,000 years ago.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14824314760457509519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-35718431266393624592007-12-16T12:22:00.000-06:002007-12-16T12:22:00.000-06:00Interesting idea, though I can't see it being a un...Interesting idea, though I can't see it being a universal norm (imho).Dave Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939802573223717177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-52707302037575238802007-12-16T05:22:00.000-06:002007-12-16T05:22:00.000-06:00Hey! Gimme! That's MY Orgasmatron!Hey! Gimme! That's MY Orgasmatron!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-82545510585408358482007-12-15T22:31:00.000-06:002007-12-15T22:31:00.000-06:00Can we at least try the pleasure-generating device...<I>Can we at least try the pleasure-generating devices. I swear I won't abuse it, I swear.</I><BR/><BR/>*sigh*<BR/><BR/>That's what they *all* say ...Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-17039733349098254732007-12-15T22:28:00.000-06:002007-12-15T22:28:00.000-06:00Hmmmm..."...while away the millennia in a hedonist...Hmmmm...<BR/><BR/>"...while away the millennia in a hedonistic stupor, brains (or their equivalent) melded to pleasure-generating devices".<BR/><BR/>I can think of worse methods to while away. Can we at least try the pleasure-generating devices. I swear I won't abuse it, I swear.<BR/><BR/>MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com