From: Mike Hollingsworth <mholling@mail.stx.com>
Subject: Re: CULTURE: Twin Palms-- errr, I mean Wild Palms.
Date:         Fri, 21 May 1993 13:30:09 CDT


> From: Mark A. DeLoura <deloura@cs.unc.edu>
> Subject: CULTURE: Twin Palms-- errr, I mean Wild Palms.
> Date: Sun, 16 May 93 23:22:04 -0400
>
> Opinions, thoughts?

I think that no matter how good/bad the series ends up being, it's encouraging
that the networks believe there is enough general public interest to take up
four night of prime time TV to show Wild Palms.

It was good that the local news did a little segment on the current state of VR
that not only showed the entertainment side of VR (Dactyl Nightmare) but also
the use of it in medical areas as well.  I think it helped to show how the
technology portrayed on the show is not as far out of reach as some people may
think.

Do you think that Wild Palms is also meant to show (yet again) how technology
can be used by the powerful and corrupt to dominate/control society?  All of
the books and movies that I seen/read seem to warn about the possible misuse of
a technology such as VR/cyberspace.  I suppose though that when one has a
technology with as much potential as VR that you must tread carefully.

Comments?


Michael Hollingsworth (mholling@mail.stx.com)


P.S.  Was that really William Gibson in the show?