From Speech-is-special to Talking Heads: the past to the Present
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THE SETTING Scene: Telecom Channel 46, January 7, 2101 Good audience, why partake in this antiquated pastime of scientific inquiry? Existence opened in mystery and will close in mystery. Our telecom channels have been designated to please, not puzzle. For those into delectation, the other telecom channels offer instantaneous desserts. Virtual Reality 3 presents Marilyn Monroe's rendezvous with Madonna III. If this tryst is too boring, there is the multistimulation of Bach's Brandenburg concerti guaranteed to bombard all sensory stations-sensory overload at its finest. Julia Child's gastronomic channel is serving up Stegosaurus, as reconstructed from simulations of the fossil record.
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