Sunday, March 16, 2008

Storytelling by mobile phone

Going up the Damascus elevator, Benoit has a revelation.

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Benoit (talking to himself, looking up at the advertisement): Nokia N82: Storytelling rediscovered. Well, well.

Man wearing Dubai hat: Excuse me.

Benoit: Sorry.

Man wearing Dubai hat: Shukran.

Benoit (continuing to voiceover himself): Story telling was an oral tradition once. People told stories. Then we had drama, then we had movies, now we have telephones telling a story. Huh. What sort of stories can telephones tell? Jokes like "Ring, ring, Who's there?" Who do they tell the story to? Other telephones? Will humans soon be out of the loop?

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