tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post9029584244690827676..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: Mid-term project.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-26955560927494647232008-02-19T12:03:00.000-05:002008-02-19T12:03:00.000-05:00Bah... after your latter assumption of what I was ...Bah... after your latter assumption of what I was intending to write (a company in the business of predicting and managing the future)... I feel... my idea is a bit commonplace. I still really want to go with it.One Last Caresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07599626399337877296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-80476205159212785082008-02-18T21:12:00.000-05:002008-02-18T21:12:00.000-05:00A company in the future. I want to tell story (na...A company in the future. I want to tell story (narrate) using an employee handbook as my technique.<BR/><BR/>I was to describe, an obviously, Dystopian society through the views of a corporation -- who's views would ultimately lead any simple minded employee to believe that they (the company) are paving the way for a Utopian society.<BR/><BR/>A sample:<BR/><BR/>(The new employee orientation manual)<BR/><BR/>Section A.1 - The building<BR/><BR/>The building is grown from a genetically engineered plant, or tree to be more specific. The "Office Tree" is designed to grow cubicals, desks, doors, walls, windows, and quite comfortable seating.<BR/><BR/>The "Office Tree" is also designed to handle plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and lighting. The "Office Tree" was engineered to handle building expansion and parking garages.<BR/> ((((I'll expand this a little later)))<BR/><BR/>Section A.5 - Policies on sexual harassment.<BR/><BR/>In order to halt sexual harassment employees, upon employment, will be outfitted with a neural device causing an altered form of castration. The neural implant (E-lab IV model 203.56 [otherwise known as a frontal lobe catalyst]) will render the employee unable to think sexually during corporate hours.<BR/><BR/>The form of castration accompanied with this implant will not inhibit sexual performance. It will, however, render the employee sterile.<BR/><BR/>To address problems that may accompany this, an on-site facility has been installed for the collection of eggs and sperm -- so that the employee may reproduce whenever he or she please to do so.One Last Caresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07599626399337877296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-66055382191565372262008-02-18T20:36:00.000-05:002008-02-18T20:36:00.000-05:00Can you elaborate? For what it's worth, I love th...Can you elaborate? For what it's worth, I love this as a thumbnail idea, but the devil is in the details.<BR/><BR/>Also, do you mean a company in the future, or a literally futurist company, that is, a company in the business of predicting and presumably managing the future?Adam Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588769281227456640noreply@blogger.com