There is a divide and it will widen until satire becomes reality. Using this product should be a scarlet letter of idiocy.This HTC advertisement boasts something so sinister, it is difficult to articulate: It delights in an integration of platforms, corporations, the world and the self. And it sells this truly dystopic vision in a horrifying, solipsistic fantasy that is barely dressed as anything else. In effect, it is selling a nightmare, and it doesn’t even seek to hide that fact.
Well said. What is horrifying about this is that HTC obviously came to the conclusion, one would suspect through test-marketing the ad, that consumers would agree with the premise. Museums are boring and an image of a friends hairdo is more satisfying than seeing antiquities. It's a marketed disdain for learning and it is going to work.