Notes from the Petting Zoo

If you act like a pawn, then no matter how many courtly figures you arrange about you, you are still being a pawn.

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I think it won’t be long before we have projected clothes, or at least clothes the appearance of which changes based on a device control on the wearer’s person. Need to wear “business casual”? Choose that setting and your clothes change. Need to wear a tux? Choose that setting. Need to wear the latest Armani tux? License the file from an online sartorial supply site for an evening.

Of course, the real fun will start when the security protocols of such devices are hacked. I look forward to reading about a formal wedding where suddenly everyone switched to costumes from “The Flintstones.”

I think the technology won’t be commercially available for another ten years. However, I think the hacks will be available within a year of release.

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I am humbled when I realize that what comes out of my mouth sometimes is what’s inside me at the moment. It is a constant reminder to keep my heart as clean as I can.

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