2004-02-09 Hollow mobiles Etcon, first day. Evening. mj: n. releasing mobile phones with functional cases ben: mobiles are the last antique. soon computing will be everywhere, the functionality won't be objectified. the functional case will be hollow. we'll still need to use our fingers as input devices because we have so much of our brain devoted to them. people use sms because it's a sense and a reach into peer network awareness/manipulation. getting a phone which also does sms is somatic competitiveness. what else do senses require? which ones come next? hot pluggable senses. sensofixing. a proxy over the usual senses that accepts input: the sensorium as a sense notifier daemon. accepts any input. translates into usual output. install em2smell. smell is the undervalued sense. spectacle is <21st century. potential fields that are interleaved with the brain, part of the personality. i have a doc on this: smell vs sight. it's about how dogs read reality. """ with sight sense exceeds reach so you can see something and anticipate before you get to it with smell you're entering a field of potential action wherever you are in it, there's a chance that something will happen so the field, caused by the smell, primes you for possible happenings. the emotion is isomorphic with the smell itself, so it's like wandering through aspects of consciousness so moving through the environment, for a smell-focused animal, is like thinking: navigation == cognition. but there's no concept of moving at all vision gives anticipation which means knowledge becomes important. this causes science, culture etc. smell otoh is closely joined with the personality so knowing the environment & how to respond better is a matter of knowing yourself better. there's no division between self and system. """ when my dog walks through the house he's not moving, he's exploring his personality-state. travel as introspection. the journey is the destination. when i sneak up on my dog and he doesn't smell me it's not a surprise, it feels like personal innovation. no wonder he's happy. damn, and more. indian study. weavers using computers, old metaphors on new functionality. the cursor as needle. progression of unfolding: genome -> phenotype -> extelligence/vapour human [where the ghosts live, the inhabitants of the hollow phones] see people not as objects but as auras of mind interfering not interfering, contributing the mind as constructive interference from my peer network neighbours i want a field theory of personality the brain as mirage, hologram love as cooper pairs happiness as room temperature superconductivity you can feel me/ why can't i feel you?