The Great Databasing of Everything - Logbook

The Great Databasing of Everything # 15 Feb 2009: Tom Taylor:

“We live in the great databasing of everything. Already can you step off your business class flight, into the city below and find yourself a bar/restaurant perfectly suited to your bland taste, where you can sit on your own pondering the meaning of your pitiful, mechanistic existence. And you can do it without interacting with a soul, save for pointing at a menu and handing over your credit card. And that’s just the beginning. It’s going to be great.”