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>I think the future (whether we like it or not) is a single general computing device (thin client, true laptop replacement) that can fit in one’s pockets, communicate and cast to terminals, and help power a set of wearables like glasses.

It's hard for me to think of a worse future for computing.

  "Citizen, you are not wearing your computer-glasses, I'll need to look up your citizen-score manually. Please come with me to detention."

  "Yes, it's as the doctor says, myopia is unavoidable these days, now that computer-glasses are state mandated."

  "Officer, here is every single person who traversed the crime scene +/- 30 hours of the crime."

  "Social media addiction spirals out of control as users can no longer even remove notifications from their field of view."

  "Malware causes car crashes pop-ups obscure drivers."

  "After she broke up with me, her computer-glasses rendered me invisible to her field of view."

  "My computer-glasses were hacked and the attackers live-streamed me having sex with my wife."
etc.


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