tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post816749737315674920..comments2024-02-25T01:34:15.287-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Ray Bradbury: August 22, 1920Fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-27138805964639689052011-06-06T09:16:47.267-07:002011-06-06T09:16:47.267-07:00Anonymous,
I would go one step further, now that ...Anonymous,<br /><br />I would go one step further, now that I think about it, and say that it's the concept of instant, continuous, and relentless communication, rather than any particular piece of hardware or software that's most important in the story.<br /><br />I wonder if Bradbury's use of the wrist telephone was influenced by the _Dick Tracy_ comic strip in which the police had wristradios and later a wrist TV device.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-35669447613850946032011-06-05T16:19:32.214-07:002011-06-05T16:19:32.214-07:00I know you wrote this ages ago but I thought I'...I know you wrote this ages ago but I thought I'd reply anyway. I stumbled upon this cause I googled 'Ray Bradbury wristwatch', trying to find the name of this short story that I had done a book report or something at school. I'd basically been having the same thoughts, the message behind the story had always stuck with me, even if the name of the story hadn't. <br /><br />The only thing I think he may have got wrong is that it's not a wristwatch (or even cellphone) that is 'temptingly convenient'. I don't think it's a physical piece of technology at all. It's software, web 2.0, it's Facebook and Twitter. <br /><br />Not everyone has a "radio wristwatch" but they'll have something that they can use Facebook with. You probably wouldn't phone someone up to tell them an 'off colour joke' but you'd definitely put it on Facebook. Facebook is also where you get your 'Find Fax' polls.<br /><br />Man, he really is scary how close he's got it though. Thanks for this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com