Category: Steven Gray

One of the original computer scientists, Jaron Lanier (who coined the phrase “virtual reality”) began his talk at City Lights by playing a mouth organ made of bamboo. It is from Laos and is called a khaen. 7,000 years old, it is the first prototype of the computer, according to Lanier. He referred to it as a 16-bit Read More

I had a conversation with a schizophrenic once. Or rather, I was listening to him talk and after a while I was spaced out, trying to follow what he was saying. His sentences were disconnected, they didn’t lead to anything in particular. It was odd, and I realized how much I depend on the coherent Read More