Comment author:luispedro
04 February 2010 03:35:12PM
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15 points
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I can't help but always associate discussions of an experience machine (in whatever form it takes) to television. TV was just the alpha version of the experience machine and I hear it's quite popular.
This is more tongue-in-cheek than a serious argument, but I do think that TV shows that people will trade pleasure or even emotional numbness (lack of pain) for authenticity.
Comment author:Leonnn
05 February 2010 12:07:56AM
2 points
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I can't help thinking of the great Red Dwarf novel "Better Than Life", whose concept is almost identical (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Than_Life ). There are few key differences though: in the book, so-called "game heads" waste away in the real world like heroin addicts. Also, the game malfunctions due to one character's self-loathing. Recommended read.
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I can't help but always associate discussions of an experience machine (in whatever form it takes) to television. TV was just the alpha version of the experience machine and I hear it's quite popular.
This is more tongue-in-cheek than a serious argument, but I do think that TV shows that people will trade pleasure or even emotional numbness (lack of pain) for authenticity.
I can't help thinking of the great Red Dwarf novel "Better Than Life", whose concept is almost identical (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Than_Life ). There are few key differences though: in the book, so-called "game heads" waste away in the real world like heroin addicts. Also, the game malfunctions due to one character's self-loathing. Recommended read.