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Older people often have money, but not health.
Younger people often have health, but not money.
So, the idea is that:
1) Young people sign up to be "avatars", for a price/hour, &
describe the types of activities they do, on which days/hours.
(Party on Sat night, play ultimate frisbee with
friends Sunday
3pm)
2) Clients then pay to vicariously share in those experiences.
3) The young people wear cameras (google glass or
equivalent), & collect fees based on the viewer(s).
Multiple viewers per client are allowed. Rating system
encourages better matches. The website takes a small
commission.
Even if the young person just hangs out & plays video games
stoned, the old person may enjoy seeing that & treasure the
preciousness of the carefree life.
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But old people can hang out and play video games
stoned, too! |
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Don't know about the young/old thing, but this could
be really good for remote hands/eyes or telepresence
kind of thing. Instead of sending a clumsy
telepresence robot, mount the an ipad onto an agile
telepresence worker's chest and let them go do your
thing remotely. The worker will be wearing balaclava
in order to reduce awkwardness. |
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Initially read that as wearing baklava, which I think
would be awkward to either wear or unwrap with all
of that honey. |
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Yeah, and I'm not so certain that in this day and age wearing a balaclava does anything to reduce the social stresses - it's associated with snow and freezing wind in some parts of the world, and in the rest with police, military or other armed groups who don't wish to be identified. |
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The honey thing could be a challenge as well. |
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So, this is about paying to watch somebody else play. I think that's been done already with professional sports, and, despite my disbelief, professional poker. |
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I intend this to be more of an authentic experience
from one regular person to another, across
generations, to exchange real empathy & vicarious
enjoyment, rather than just another celebrity POV
camera. We'll see how the market reacts of course,
in beta. |
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[xandram] That's a good point. About 1/2 of the
things the old people will enjoy watching are still
within their personal capabilities, & this can act as a
positive reminder to go do those things. |
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[bigsleep] I didn't see that film (yet). Thanks for
the link. The film is still sci-fi though, whereas the
HB idea here is totally doable today, in real time.
I'm even considering trying to launch it just to see.
But, I start too many projects & finish few. |
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You can use syrup instead of honey, if you don't mind a little loss of cohesion between the leaves. It lets the lemon, blossom and walnut flavours come through better. |
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//But old people can hang out and play video games stoned, too!// Ha - most of my friends are 18 to 25 year olds and we do all sorts together. Age is no barrier to anyone. |
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The thing is, 98% of what 98% of teenagers do is
quite astonishingly boring. |
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[MWB] True. But, "boring" is in the eye of the
beholder. |
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I've seen grandparents very happy to watch their
grandkids do boring things for hours. |
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Not to mention, that half of the internet traffic is
people watching other people do boring stuff. (Pr0n
actors aren't having fun after all, & most is, let's say,
derivative if not totally uncreative.) |
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