TABULA RASA

Joe MacMillan, visionary and storyteller.

You came. I figured we should talk. Come, sit with me.

An IBM store, circa 1980. 

With how this looks, we need to be smart. I should be a silent partner.

“I, Ryan Ray, released the MacMillan source code. I acted alone and nobody told me to do it. I did this because security is a myth. Contrary to what you might have heard, my friend, you are not safe. Safety is a story, it’s something we teach our kids so they can sleep at night, but we know it’s not real. Beware baffled humans, beware false prophets who will sell you a fake future of bad teachers, corrupt leaders and dirty corporations. Beware of cops and robbers, the kinds that rob your dreams. But most of all, beware of each other. The world is going to crack wide open. There is something on the horizon. A massive connectivity. The barriers between us will disappear, and we’re not ready. We’ll hurt each other in new ways, we’ll sell and be sold, we’ll share our most tender selves only to be mocked and destroyed. We’ll be so vulnerable, and we’ll pay the price. We won’t be able to pretend that we can protect ourselves anymore. It’s a huge danger, a gigantic risk, but it’s worth it, if only we can learn to take care of each other, then this awesome new connection won’t isolate us. It won’t leave us in the end so totally alone.”  Ryan Ray, HaCF 3.08

😏

Why are you here? You know why. No, tell me.

I’m in love with her.

  ♪ ♪  My velouria

Maybe this futures bet we made will finally pay off.

You could do better. You already did once.

“Working with you was the most fun I ever had in my whole life.”