We Are Becoming Cameras, and We Barely Notice

As We Become Cameras (2016)

We Are Becoming Cameras, and We Barely Notice

Wearable cameras will soon be as ubiquitous as time, turning remote vision into a mundane assumption. Just as clocks became invisible infrastructure, cameras will fade into the background, enabling both human flourishing and malice. The article traces this shift from the history of time to the coming explosion of image creation and consumption.

We have already become clocks. We will soon become cameras. What we do with that power is up to us.

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