Well I must say the premise of "Feed" freaked me out! Desirable? No thanks! Possible? Hope not! Although I gotta admit the potential of walking down the street and seeing a great pair of shoes on someone - then instantly knowing how much they cost could be quite intriguing!
The sensory overload depicted in this novel is just too much for me! I am rather "spare" in my visual and auditory sense needs...having all the twitter-ing and meebo-ing and RSS feed-ing is already causing me to twitch - imagine what Titus' brain is doing!
The other portion of the book I found quite interesting was the panic created when they got hacked and subsequently disconnected from their feed. I imagine it is a bit like a current day high school-er losing their iPhone :)
Though for sheer entertainment value the bit on page 65 about reading and writing and protesting the "silent e" at the School(trademark) was hilarious!
I am interested to see how the story ends....more thoughts later.
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I agree - complete sensory overload. I can see it for teens - as I watch my son plugged into his iPod, texting, IMing, playing WoW, posting to forums, and doing his homework all at the same time. But how could adults be productive with a constant feed? The Internet is a big enough distraction even when it is just sitting on our desktops. I can't imagine getting anything done with the constant chatter of a feed.
I would always hope that being disconnected from your feeds would be relaxing and happy... like what happened in the movie Wall-E. Instead, I could see it being more like an addict hitting a brick wall once they go cold turkey... or as you said, highschool student losing their iPhone. :-)
Peace,
-Steve
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