
Synthetic Pleasures
IMDB:
4.5
Released
9/13/1995
Duration
1h 25m
Genre
Documentary
Country
United States of America
Cast
John Perry Barlow, Jeff Baxter, Scott Bukatman
Overview
Conceived as an electronic road movie, this documentary investigates cutting edge technologies and their influence on our culture as we approach the 21st century. It takes off from the idea that mankind's effort to tap the power of Nature has been so successful that a new world is suddenly emerging,an artificial reality. Virtual Reality, digital and biotechnology, plastic surgery and mood-altering drugs promise seemingly unlimited powers to our bodies, and our selves. This film presents the implications of having access to such power as we all scramble to inhabit our latest science fictions.

Synthetic Pleasures
IMDB:
4.5Released
9/13/1995
Genre
Documentary
Cast
John Perry Barlow, Jeff Baxter, Scott Bukatman
Duration
1h 25m
Country
United States of America
Overview
Conceived as an electronic road movie, this documentary investigates cutting edge technologies and their influence on our culture as we approach the 21st century. It takes off from the idea that mankind's effort to tap the power of Nature has been so successful that a new world is suddenly emerging,an artificial reality. Virtual Reality, digital and biotechnology, plastic surgery and mood-altering drugs promise seemingly unlimited powers to our bodies, and our selves. This film presents the implications of having access to such power as we all scramble to inhabit our latest science fictions.
Cast

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John Perry Barlow

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Jeff Baxter

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Scott Bukatman

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Scott Frazier

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Robert Gurland

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Michio Kaku

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Jaron Lanier

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Timothy Leary

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Max More

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Orlan

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Lisa Palac

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