The Hymn of Acxiom by Vienna Teng
“"let our formulas find your soul, we'll divine your artesian source in your mind, marshal feed and force to design you a perfect love— or (better still) a perfect lust." #songsforrobots”
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"let our formulas find your soul, we'll divine your artesian source in your mind, marshal feed and force to design you a perfect love— or (better still) a perfect lust." #songsforrobots
My industry has a theme song! Love song from a marketing database, just for you. #bigdata #GladOS has siblings. Lyrics at http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107859468191/ I like how it's not in judgment as much as understanding; this is what this database DOES, because that is what it was designed to do. It is happy with its work, and its work is beautiful. The last line sounds incredibly plaintive.
"let our formulas find your soul. we’ll divine your artesian source (in your mind), marshal feed and force (our machines will) to design you a perfect love— or (better still) a perfect lust. o how glorious, glorious: a brand new need is born."
"Now we will build you an endlessly upward world."
This is the kind of jam you stop what you're doing and plug in your headphones for. Just sit with this song and be still.
Acxiom is a company based in the U.S. state of Arkansas that runs an international marketing database with information about consumer preferences gathered from on-line and off-line sources, rivaling the NSA in scope. You would probably be amazed to learn what it knows about you. The point of view of the speaker in the song is not a deity, but the database. Follow the Bandcamp link for the lyrics.
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