From: bmorris@netcom.com (Bob MorrisG)
Subject: Re: CULTURE: Who's Pete Townshend sings against VR!
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1993 06:15:43 GMT



bob@worldesign.com (BobJacobson) wrote:

: warns about "Gridlife" in which VR is a total escape from the troubles
: of the day.

Well, some people probably will get lost in VR, and some day there'll
be Virtual Reality Anonymous...

: Depends, I suppose, on whether, as Jethro Tull said, you're too old
: for rock and roll and too young to die.  How old is Townshend, anyway?

About 45-50.  Which is younger than Stewart Brand, who ardently
supports VR.  Proving that age doesn't have much to do with having
ideas that keep one on the edge.

BTW, one idea Townshend never got was that impossibly loud volumes
cause permanent hearing damage.  He has 80% hearing loss in both
ears....