David Eagleman, Nature Magazine, writing on "death switches," which are "programs" you can set up that poll you regularly by email, and if you fail to respond for a predetermined amount of time, they assume you are dead and send out a message you have written to a distribution list of your choice. Sound fuckin morbid to me, but it gets creepier :
Soon enough, people realized they could program messages to be delivered on dates in the future: “Happy 87th birthday. It’s been 22 years since my death. I hope your life is proceeding the way you want it to.”
*shudder*
(via Pasta & Vinegar)
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