Weekend Edition: Augmentation over replacement
If we continue to talk about the future only in the darkest, most post-apocalyptic terms, no one is going to want to go there. And we may miss an opportunity to make it amazing.
Most of the conversations I hear about virtual and augmented reality feels game-like and escapist, about creating new places and spaces that help us get away from the dysfunction of modern society. There is an almost oxymoronic tone to this narrative that is both utopian and deeply pessimistic about humanity. What if rather than replacing reality or gamifying real-world experiences, we recentered these conversations on how augmentation might be a mechanism for more creativity and better decisions? What if we brought this new way of thinking about augmentation to the conversation about the dysfunction and dis-ease of modern media systems?
Last updated: 02 Feb 2025
