Document Actions
Vanity Ring
Vanity ring displays your Google worth
The Google Vanity Ring is a project by Markus Kison. Using the ring as a status symbol, Markus replaced the jewel by a digital display that shows the number of Google hits as a measure of the owner's worth.
While in earlier times richness and importance were equal to the amount of money or jewels someone possessed, in a post information society it's the attention you get from the worlds people, that counts. Being in people's mind means being important, whether they think about you in a positive way our not doesn't matter. And what people have in their mind is what they read in the media. In the future this will mean, what they read/see on the net. Every content creator that copies and pastes your name will rise the value of your virtual mirrored importance. And there is a hard mechanical algorithm on the net, that extremely objectively measures your appearance, it's called Google and has already passed the "line of no return" (Bruce Sterling). In most job interviews the personnel manager will already use this machine to check your importance and have a look at the first answers this mirror tells about you. Your mirror identity strikes back on your chances in the real world.
The value of the ring is updated every time it's inserted back in its charging station, which is designed to look like a little ring box. Of course, I couldn't help ego-searching to see what my Vanity Ring value would be. Sadly (or thankfully!), I'm a meager 6,040 hits...
[via Information Aesthetics]
- Add Entry to:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
