Future Schlock: Alternet review of Wired's NextFest
Next to the canned orchestra is the Intel pavilion, festively adorned with banners proclaiming that "In the future, you will not have to learn about technology. Technology will learn about you."
"Technology will learn about me?" I ask the Intel rep.
"Yes," he beams.
"Sounds like a nightmare," I answer. There is one of those awkward moments.
"Yes, there is an element of that," he answers, smile still frozen in place.