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January 29, 2011

an open letter to intel

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To My Groovy Clients at Intel,

I just drew this wee pic­ture for you. Feel free to pass it around, down­load the high-rez ver­sion, print it out and hang it on your wall etc etc.

Yes, it’s a social object. Desig­ned to con­ti­nue a con­ver­sa­tion that  I already star­ted online. [Yes, if you know some­body at Intel, please send this link along to them, thanks].

Whether you manu­fac­ture mic­ro­pro­ces­sors, or draw car­toons like me, the ques­tion, “What is human poten­tial?” never gets old.

Of course, you’ll never find the defi­ni­tive ans­wer. But you still have to ask the question.

And keep on asking it. Again and again.

Or else life dries up. And mic­ro­pro­ces­sors and car­toons don’t get made.

Think about it.

Kin­dest Regards,

Hugh Mac­Leod

One Response to “an open letter to intel”

1. Wm says:

   January 30, 2011 at 10:29 AM

   Hugh–

   More like an imi­ta­tion mic­ro­pro­ces­sor–
   that little man-made inven­tion that faci­li­ta­tes world-wide interfacing.

   Then there’s the real thing – DNA, you know that mic­ros­co­pic bit of flo­tsum that remem­bers that you got a virus 4,276 gene­ra­tions ago (you were a mon­key in a tree), the exact for­mula for the medi­cine it took to cure it, and the pre­cise dosage, and having admi­nis­te­red it, you lived. Now there’s human poten­tial. Talk about a social object.

   The point is, just where does this obser­va­tion of yours lay on the sex and cash scale? I smell cash. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

   I’m thin­king of Groucho who said, “I smoke cigars too, but I put em away once in a while.”

   Faith­ful rea­der, NotIntel.

   Wm

   ps. Hey I’m an artist – I don’t have to make sense, and let me know if you find any of those Intel boys.

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