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veen  ·  3685 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hans de Zwart: Ai Weiwei is Living in Our Future

I was just gonna post this! Very interesting read. Especially this quote:

    The individual under this kind of life, with no rights, has absolutely no power in this land, how can they even ask you for creativity? Or imagination, or courage or passion?

One thing that is absolutely insane with the Disney Magic band is the ride photos. After your day in the park, you can go on the Disney site and order photos of yourself on the rides. The bizarre part is that the photos are always of you, no matter where on the ride you sit. Even if you go with a group and all sit in different parts of the rollercoaster train, Disney will show you all of the correct photos because they know exactly on what seat you rode. Restaurant reservation? When you arrive, a cast member will know you're there and approach you by name. Disney would call it magic. I call it creepy as fuck.

But I have to admit I am guilty of doing the same thing voluntarily. In an hour or so I'll go running with my smartphone, GPS and 3G on, heart rate monitor around my chest, tracking every beat and every step in Endomondo. At least it's my choice to do so.