The Human-Human Interface

99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 27.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2011

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Paola Antonelli is the Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art. Her most recent blockbuster show, Talk to Me, explored the communication between people and objects: from chairs that talk to subway … Conti...

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0:00.0	We get support from UC Davis, a globally ranked university working to solve the world's most pressing problems in food, energy, health, education, and the environment.
0:10.0	UC Davis researchers collaborate and innovate in California and around the globe to find
0:14.2	transformational solutions.
0:16.1	It's all part of the university's mission to promote quality of life for all living things.
0:20.1	Find out more at 21st century.
0:21.9	UC Davis. edudavis dot edu
0:28.0	This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars
0:32.0	In the world of Philip K Dick, humans are often at the mercy of objects like taxis, coffee makers, and doors.
0:39.0	Here's the scene from his book, Yubik.
0:41.0	The door refused to open.
0:43.0	It said, five cents please.
0:45.0	Joe Chip searched his pockets.
0:47.0	No more coins, nothing.
0:48.0	I'll pay you tomorrow, he told the door.
0:51.0	Again he tried the knob.
0:52.0	Again it remained, locked tight. From the drawer beside the door. Again he tried the knob, again it remained locked tight. From the drawer
0:54.7	besides the sink, Joe got a stainless steel knife. With it he began
0:58.6	systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his money gulping door.
1:03.2	I'll sue you, the door said, as the first screw fell out.
1:06.9	That's Benjamin Walker.
1:08.1	He told me he's always subscribed to Dick's dystopian vision of man versus object. But then he met up with Paula Antonelli.
1:15.2	Philip K Dick's view of the future of objects was definitely dystopian and he needed it for like drama
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