POLL: Viewing people's dreams - a speculative technology poll

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Imagine if you will that the technology became available to live stream your dreams online and also save them in a format which could be displayed online and or saved and shared. Would you take advantage of it? For the purposes of the poll I am going to assume that the technology becomes available instantly to everyone with a web connection and so there isn't an early/late adopter situation where you have to buy a piece of kit which declines in price over time. So, then:

Poll Results

Option	Votes
No, my dreams are private and I never want to share them with anyone	6
Yes, I would like to be able to save my dreams then edit and display the good ones, e.g. over Youtube	6
Yes, I would like to save my dreams and share them with selected people only	3
Yes, I would like to save my dreams and then sell them online	2
Yes, I would like to live stream my dreams over the internet	0
Other (please specify)	0

― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 13 August 2012 11:08 (twelve years ago)

http://vimeo.com/38683066

― sorry for asshole (dog latin), Monday, 13 August 2012 11:36 (twelve years ago)

I don't really remember my dreams much, so it'd be nice to see if I actually do dream.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Monday, 13 August 2012 12:01 (twelve years ago)

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/45-year-old-salesman-apologises-for-closing-ceremony-2012081337959

Likely result.

― Mark G, Monday, 13 August 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago)

Millions of people posting their awful banally surreal dream videos on facebook would be a crime against humanity on a par with 'that artist thing that people keep posting on my facebook'. But I would absolutely love to be able to record the visuals of some of my more amazing dreamscapes.

― kmfdotm (ledge), Monday, 13 August 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago)

I'm extremely glad I hardly ever remember my dreams, so I sure don't want anyone else seeing them. Extremely vivid dreams screw up my sleep -- fie on 'em.

― Death Grits (WmC), Monday, 13 August 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago)

I fully endorse the idea of selling my dreams to ppl, others should feel the terror of being chased by giant hyper-intelligent man-eating rats

― keeping things contextual (DJP), Monday, 13 August 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago)

There's no option for "I would like to keep them and be able to watch them myself, but not let anyone else see them". Is that more "no, my dreams are private" or "share with select people only"?

― emil.y, Monday, 13 August 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago)

mm, I can see this going "heyy you were in my dream last night, wanna see it?" ...

― Mark G, Monday, 13 August 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago)

two weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Friday, 31 August 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago)

i'd be cool with watching my own and sharing with potentially interested parties BUT i'm not sure that waking perception would be as down with e.g. flaunting the principle of non-contradiction as dreamworld perception is.

― tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Friday, 31 August 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Saturday, 1 September 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago)

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