Postcards from the Bleeding Edge
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Log Off Now - mostly to the tune of Buffalo Springfield's "For what it's worth".
I've got a couple ever evolving versions on Youtube, I welcome new lyrics. Ironically, one of my first listeners thought the manifesto I was referring to was the unabomber's , but I was actually referring to Marc Andressen's Tech-Optimist manifesto. Both are worth reading and thinking about. In the interim, well... I'm no fan of survailence capitalism.
I am posting this in the light of all the sorry events this past week.
I am posting this in the light of all the sorry events this past week.
(Verse) E AI would like to explain a few of the references. In terms of "getting outside, and getting down", I mean just that. Just get some sun, meet someone. I'd like more people to be turning their phones off all weekend, ceebrating life, and reading books. I referenced "Days of rage", which was the ultimate 3-way schism of a formerly peaceful movement. David Bowie's song "Cygnette Committee" has been on my mind a lot. I think the rest of the song explains itself. ¶ 10:28 AM 0 comments
There's something happening here What it is is exactly clear There's a man with a manifesto there I'm telling you you got to beware (Chorus) E D A C Stop! Baby, logoff now, get outside and get on down... (verse) The AI's hear every tweet And they know you are what you eat And your kindle logs every page I turned off mine, turned to the "days of rage" (Chorus) Stop! Baby, log off now get outside and get on down... And Signal knows who you call (ooh, oooh, ohh) And they say they don't hear nothing at all (ooh, ooh, ooh) But Zoom is a bit more crass (ooh, ooh ooh) Oh yea we spy, but only on the lower class Stop! baby, install galene, run your code on your own machine Paranoia strikes deep Into your arms it will creep and sometimes I think I made a new friend and she turns out, to be, an L,L,M! Outro Stop baby logoff now, get outside and get on ... Stop baby hug someone, all that world can be undone Stop baby logoff now, get outside and get on down Just stop! [pause] Oh, dear, chatgpt? Won't you rewrite this song for me?
