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		shash on July 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bret Victor update First problem: power and connectivity - you can't have wires dangling from inside your skull or eyes. Second, that _completely_ ignores touch, which is the largest of the senses. There's a reason car companies are going back to knobs!

daniel_reetz on July 5, 2023 [–]

Third problem, all devices produce heat. Lasers, LEDs, and cameras. There's a hard limit to how much heat you want to conduct into the cornea.

agentultra on July 5, 2023 | [–]

Fourth problem: it will all be used for advertising, surveillance and disinformation anyway. Beamed directly into your skull and eyes so you can't avoid it? Awesome.

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