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The Techno Snobs only come to Burning Man because they caught a glimpse of a flyer in a techno Facebook group and are under the impression that Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann will be playing back-to-back for days on end in the middle of a desolate dungeon.
But we're living in perfectly insane times, and obeying the "any port in a storm" dictum, the techno veteran and Facebook animal post innovator is as good a savior as any.
But we're living in perfectly insane times, and obeying the "any port in a storm" dictum, the techno veteran and Facebook animal post innovator is as good a saviour as any.
I tried, but found it another techno burden, like checking Facebook, BlackBerry and email.
I nicked this incredible photo from techno legend Kevin Saunderson's Facebook.
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Dantiez Saunderson, son of techno icon Kevin, took to Facebook to post an image of the cover, along with the caption: "Blasphemy I say!!" The comments on his post follow a similar trend, agreeing with Saunderson and questioning the relevance of DJ Mag altogether.
And as I explored in my blog last week, To Friend Request, or Not to Friend Request?, engaging in ambiguous modes of Techno-Romance (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare) without clear intentions and purpose is inevitable these days, but can also be frustrating and confusing, making you feel insane as you try to find meaning in every poke, retweet and check-in.
The inclusion of egg freezing as an employee benefit partakes of the techno-utopian fantasy on which companies like Facebook and Apple subsist — the conviction that there must be a solution to every problem, an answer to every question, a response to every need, if only the right algorithm can be found.
We've just finished a whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley, with stops at Facebook, Google, and meetings with deep-pocketed techno-libertarian donors.
