Comments on: Charles Stross has pre-traumatic future shock http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/07/23/charles-stross-has-pre-traumatic-future-shock/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Moleshttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/07/23/charles-stross-has-pre-traumatic-future-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-125764 David Moles Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:35:13 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/07/23/charles-stross-has-pre-traumatic-future-shock/#comment-125764 Might do better to just have them read "<a href="http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2004/11/15/andas_game/index.html" rel="nofollow">Anda's Game</a>". (Me, I'm still waiting for the 20-line-per-mm monitor that was gathering dust on Mister Slippery's desk in "True Names".) Might do better to just have them read “Anda’s Game“. (Me, I’m still waiting for the 20-line-per-mm monitor that was gathering dust on Mister Slippery’s desk in “True Names”.)

]]> By: The Education Business Blog :: Published by K12 Education Market Consultant Lee Wilsonhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/07/23/charles-stross-has-pre-traumatic-future-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-125851 The Education Business Blog :: Published by K12 Education Market Consultant Lee Wilson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/07/23/charles-stross-has-pre-traumatic-future-shock/#comment-125851 <!--%kramer-pre%-->1977 how Gnomes dropped from the sky in the shape of a URL advertisement in WoW. He unpacks 30 years of assumed knowledge (what is the internet, what is a PC, why do people play games dressed up as furry animals?). As Raph Koster noted this represents pre-traumatic stress disorder as we contemplate what this means for 2037. Think of the ingenuity and focus it took to pull this stunt off. The intellect behind it is creative, transgressive, technical, and funny - all at the same time! Where are we teaching these skills in today's<!--%kramer-post%-->

1977 how Gnomes dropped from the sky in the shape of a URL advertisement in WoW. He unpacks 30 years of assumed knowledge (what is the internet, what is a PC, why do people play games dressed up as furry animals?). As Raph Koster noted this represents pre-traumatic stress disorder as we contemplate what this means for 2037. Think of the ingenuity and focus it took to pull this stunt off. The intellect behind it is creative, transgressive, technical, and funny – all at the same time! Where are we teaching these skills in today’s

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