For all that he sees the technology’s possibilities, Mr Gelernter has a deep dislike for the way it would interpose itself between the user and his world, including the other people in it. “Developing and refining my own first reactions to my world is too important for me and my children to allow smart glasses to mix in and muddy the waters.” He fears that people surreptitiously using Glass as a teleprompter, perhaps to seem more knowledgeable, could put at “risk the very frankness and honesty of human communications”.
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