july

I’m fascinated by “semantic fossils” that exist in the world

I.e. where we use a phrase / word like “hot off the press”, “floppy disk icon”, “riding shotgun” or “horsepower” but we don’t use a shotgun in cars anymore, or horses for measuring power or floppy disks anymore

One day, we’re going to be on another planet, and some kid who’s never been on earth is gonna wonder why some things are still measured in 365 days

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building roc.camera, writings: july.rocks

This happens with gestures too, although it can be fluid. Most people still make a phone gesture with their index and thumb extended, mimicking a kind of phone they’ve never once used (though this is changing… apparently Gen alpha is more likely to put a flat palm out in front of them now for “phone.”) Some will also make the physical roll-up-the-window gesture as well, despite car windows not working like that since the 90s.