The extinction of human interaction takes yet another step forward...


I hate even thinking this, but as we “progress” in “society” it sure seems like each step “forward” brings us closer and closer to becoming the “Borg” from Star Trek where everything happens in your head and personal interaction becomes less necessary and thus more foreign.  I hope this stops or at least slows down at some point and the value of human interaction surfaces as something we want to preserve.  I find it sad, however, that this seems more of a hope than an eventuality the way things are going everywhere — even in audio.  Ugh.  Thoughts?

https://theavsummit.com/


soix
So the algorithm of the soul is?  Does music matter without musicians?
Without ears to measure?  What function is being recreated?  If a tree falls in the forest…  Can a virtual twin be beautiful?  A shadow?  If ye are gods, then surely, also devils.  How do we reconcile oppositions?  With great power comes great responsibility.  A celestial pantheon inside of each, we are lived by powers we pretend to understand.  Humans are pathological animals.  Character as destiny.  Are we citizens or consumers?  Would you rather create art, or melodrama?  Do we live in a culture, or an economy?  Listening for the Muse, we discover portions of ourselves.  Revelation.   What cosmological imagination animates its children’s labors?  What value, ones intent?  How one listens determines what one hears.  What have you sacrificed?  What have you lost?  Who have you loved?  Who are your mentors?  Whose tree of ideas do you reside within?  How does one ‘see thru’ events?  How one looks, determines what one sees.  The middleware of the soul is Democratic.  Breathe.  The great sin of the age is literalism.  Play, as if your life depended upon it.  Don’t let perfection become the enemy of the good.  Remains a sceptic, not a cynic.  Poems, like songs, are prayers.  Sing.  Life at best, is an approximation, and to have lived is to have failed.  Learn to love your failures.  All origins are obscure and absolutes are bullshit.  Count your lucky Qubits.  Laugh at yourself, after all it’s the fools progress.  Called or uncalled, the gods are present.  Believe in miracles, we all contain a bit of magic, be it dark or light…
@secretguy 
Resistance is linear
Impedance is complex

They aren't exactly same
@soix     

Excuse me for perhaps being 90% negative with that comment, but it was more for effect that a literal statement.   

My meaning was more that when something is lost, whether it is something trivial like cursive writing or something serious like racial tolerance, it is virtually impossible to regain it.   

Yes, there are technological advances that improve our lives, but they aren't all that important when compared to the slow erosion of common decency.  
[please excuse my bad English]
I cannot see the list of exhibitors (the website does not display it, maybe my ad & script-blockers).

I don’t see the interest, compared with a good show report (with pics and synthetic description).

Better than nothing, indeed. As soon as it does not cannibalize physical hifi shows. Otherwise, we will all end up with buying our dog or cat on Internet; pet paid with our smartphone, and delivered by a drone at out door. 30 days trial.