Do you ever think about how weird it is that you can hear my voice in your head as you read my voice as you read this?
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So thatβs several layers of technology at play. Writing - the representation of language in a form that is interpreted by people of a shared culture- thatβs like ~5k years old.
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Language as a thing is 60k - 100k years old.
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@mick fun fact: getting rid of that voice is how you speed read
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And youβre seeing this on the Internet.
Iβll skip electricity and all of the bits and pieces of technology that went into making this work, but letβs say 50-ish years.
On The Web, which is. ~35 years old.
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And, at the moment, youβre reading these words on an Activitypub platform - probably Mastodon but maybe something else.
Thatβs from just 6 years ago! 6!
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Truth Sandwich π₯ͺπΊπΈπ·replied to Mick π¨π¦ last edited by
Actually, I hear my voice, not yours. Am I broken?
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Weird, right?
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Mick π¨π¦replied to Truth Sandwich π₯ͺπΊπΈπ· last edited by
@TruthSandwich nah, thatβs how it works.
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@pl I have played with this and not had significant success, but I believe it.
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Mick π¨π¦replied to Truth Sandwich π₯ͺπΊπΈπ· last edited by
@TruthSandwich if youβre like me the voice you hear is mine, but corresponds with the perception I have of who you are. Which is like extra weird.
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@mick
So I am not the only one who reads each post in a unique "voice" for each person. That is good to know.If that's weird, it is a good weird,.....I think....
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Anyhow, thanks for letting me into your head, and thanks for being in mine.
This is all pretty cool and Iβm glad to be βhereβ with you.
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@Snowshadow I think thatβs how we work?
We put together everything we know based on every experience weβve had up to now and make a projection about whatβs going to happen next and what I hear from your words is somewhere in between my experience and your intention.
Weird!
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@Snowshadow definitely good weird.
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@mick
Yes, a good weird.It makes it more interesting, for sure.
Perhaps that is why some people are disappointed when they finally meet IRL....their expectations are not met.The mind is weird.
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@Snowshadow amen!