> walk around your city catching pokémon
> game asks you to scan a fountain. sure why not
> 30 billion scans later
> niantic owns a more detailed map than any government
> sells game for $3.5B
> spins off a spatial AI company
> your pokéwalk is now classified infrastructure
> delivery robots now navigate using your walks
> you were never the player. you were the product.
At the atomic level, nothing ever truly touches. What we feel as ‘touch’ is our brain interpreting electromagnetic repulsion.
The object is real, the sensation is a constructed illusion.
The spider-tailed horned viper is a master of disguise: the tip of its tail fully resembles a spider and it's waved around and used to lure insectivorous birds, which become its prey
[📹 Michael Vescio]