Glasses are the future, but that future is bleak
The future is smart glasses The future is smart glasses. It's obvious to me. This is going to happen. We wear prescription glasses for vision correction. We wear shades when its sunny. We know what glasses feel like. Unlike the time the phone was first introduced, glasses already exist. Humanity is just making these glasses smarter . And the tech underneath is so, so cool. But I don't want that future. I think of the late 19th century when pocket watches became an everyday object. "These kids, they're not free; time controls their life", the older people must have said. And yet, the ability to meet people at a specified time is useful. It was a net positive in progressing civilization. Then came the mobile phones and smart watches. We live with them. We live by them. I can find information, make notes, set alarms, talk to anyone I want. Sure there are bad things with mobiles. We're constantly distracted, we've lost the ability to navigate, we no longe...