December 31, 2024 • 19 mins
Along with providing protection and warmth, it gave us the bob, the afro, and the mohawk. What wonderful gifts will hair bestow on us next?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the Fuzz, where we envision the ideas we'll
all be buzzing about in the future, the Fuzz.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Future, Sure, in the future, in the future, in the future.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Well, the things we talk about on this podcast might
seem impossible or even slightly insane. So did haircuts, hair dyes,
and hair transplants. And now not a day goes by
where a massive amount of people aren't doing all of
these things simultaneously. Yeah, at the same time, you're getting
(01:02):
a hair transplant with dyed hair and then you're getting.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
A cut, right, slightly insane, slightly Well, on today's episode,
we're talking about the funny follicles that shape so much
of our world. Of course, we're talking about hair. Hair
from curly to straight, to arm to face, to thick
to thin, to blonde to black. Hair is a huge
(01:27):
part of the human experience.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Right, It's a big part of our lives. Coincidentally, the
funny follicles also the name of our band.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah, I mean it's a great band name, no doubt,
No doubt's playing with us.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Actually they open for the funny Follicles. Yeah, uh yeah. Hair.
You don't even sometimes you don't even think about how
much hair is just a part of your life, you know,
and a part of you.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
It is, you know, Like I can honestly say, I
don't remember the last time I saw a clean shaven face. Right,
I have a beard. I've had a beard for many,
many years, maybe decades. That's hair.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Eyebrows, mm hmm. It's just it's everywhere.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah, something we might take for granted, which we thought
would make a lot of sense to see. You know,
what is the future of hair, Like if we step
into our time machine, what is it going to show us.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Let's do it. Let's take a look at the future
of hair. Why don't we step into the time.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Machine in a world where luxury is redefined and beauty
comes from the most unexpected source, introducing capitala the future
(02:50):
of fashion more than just a material, it's a revolution,
a statement. The pinnacle of elegance did from the rarest,
most coveted resource in the world. Human hair Capola is
for those who understand that true luxury is not just worn,
(03:12):
it's lived. The finest strands, ethically sourced from the world's
most exclusive donors, are transformed into garments and defy the ordinary.
From flowing gowns to tailored suits. Each piece is meticulously
woven and sculptured, creating textures that are as fluid as
(03:32):
your every movement. Garments move with you as if alive. Sensual, transformative, powerful,
because in this new world, your hair isn't just part
of you, it is you. For the fortunate few, Capella
(03:53):
is the mark of status for the rest, a reminder
that beauty always.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Comes at a cost. Capola where the future in the
world available only at the house of Kappola. Your transformation
awaits Capola.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Hmmm, wow, Cappala capitala, Cappala capitala.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
So what we have here is hair as high fashion.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, human hair as high human hair.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Yeah, wearing human hair, not just our own, but the
hair you know of others, I assume well.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
And traditionally this is where it differs, right, is because
people have worn you know, animal fur or animal hair.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Yeah, I mean coat for example.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Never human hair. I don't think.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
So this is different, not that we know of, not
to this point. But yeah, now we're seeing a future
where people are wearing.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Human hair and it's elegant.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
It's very elegant, it's very high class.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
The marketing has pushed this as this is a status symbol.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And kind of like it seems like they're marketing it
to be elegant, high class and somewhat sensual.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
Is that the word sensual was in there?
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Yeah, that's an interesting alignment, you know, to make that
sort of connection with human hair, you know can be sensual.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
You know the way the hair moves and flows, you know,
a nice, nice full head of locks.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
So I guess my number one question, which is probably
what all the listeners are wondering, where does this human
hair come from? What humans?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (05:51):
People donating hair? Is there a single source? Is there
like they pay people to cut their hair, or.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
The marketing is telling us it's ethically sourced from the
world's most exclusive donors.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Okay, who are they?
Speaker 3 (06:05):
I'm written between the lines a little bit. Here's where
I'm picturing. Okay, I'm picturing, you know, a world where
I'm imagining that the lower class, maybe the poorer people,
you're all probably bald from selling their hair to these companies.
That's the future I'm kind of imagining. Here the rich
(06:26):
are wearing the hair, the poor are all bald and
hairless because that's where they're getting their hair, that's where
they're harvesting the hair.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
From and that's the ethically sourced. So it's a it's
a socioeconomic class system that's sort of like taking holden.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
That's what I'm thinking though. I guess you could have
a scenario where somebody being like, I only wear my
own hair, like I'm too good to wear anybody else's hair.
I'll only wear my own hair. But how are you
going to get all that hair to make all your clothes?
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Or maybe there's people who are like, I only get
my hair from France. Yeah, you know what I mean.
You get it from a source in a specific country
because you like the way that that hair feels, maybe
more than another, right, because that would make sense to region.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Different textures, different regions, are like I only get mine
from blonde women in isolation. Like you're gonna say Iceland,
Iceland would work, Yeah, isolation in Iceland. Yeah, so it's
like the hair is untouched by the natural world.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
You know, there's no pollution. Yeah, right in those places.
Well maybe in the future, but that's very interesting. It's
called cappala capala. I like it. I like it.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Let's hear what kind of future you have? What's hair
look like in the time you went to all right.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I think that's Mike Cue. Let's step into the time machine.
In the distant future, Earth's atmosphere undergoes a radical transformation.
(08:11):
A series of cascading ecological events blamed on everything from
excessive pollution to unpredictable solar flares, unleashes a new airborne element.
Scientists eventually dub trichovac Are. Might be wondering, what is trichoviceragon?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
What music?
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Stop Guy's doing? Harmless to human health but devastating to
hair follicles, This mysterious compound slowly renders humanity completely hairless
over the course of several generations. At first, the phenomenon
seems trivial, but people notice their hair thinning in curious ways.
Barbers complain about dwindling clientele, hair care industries pivot frantically
(08:55):
to scalp care products, and wig makers rake in fortunes.
But as years roll by, it becomes evident that this
is no temporary trend. Humanity is undergoing a permanent, species
wide change. Research reveals that triva bonds de carotene, breaking
(09:19):
it down in the follicles and preventing regrowth. Unlike traditional
hair loss, it affects all body hair, leaving every human
completely smooth from head to toe. Eyelashes, beards, and even
the peach fuzz on your arms and legs disappear. Some
optimists claim the change is an evolutionary boon, a natural
(09:41):
adaptation to Earth's increasing human climate, or the presdent of
microplastics in the air, but others mourn the loss, citing cultural, personal,
and sometimes psychological impacts of life without hair. At a
very basic and fundamental level, hair is a part of
our idea, identity, a visual representation of our innermost presumption
(10:03):
of self. Ancient braids to punk mohawks. We've used it
to express who we are, and without it, what happens
to our individuality. The loss of hair begins to influence
pop culture in unexpected ways. Phil collins haunting classic in
the Air Tonight sees an unlikely resurgence. The song becomes
(10:27):
an anthem of the hairless era, its lyrics taking on
a surreal, almost prophetic tone. Some interpret the iconic drumbeat
as a metaphorical reckoning for humanity's follicular demise, while others
joke that Colin's smooth scalp was an early sign of
things to come. It's not uncommon to hear people humming
(10:47):
the tune as they polish their gleaming heads. The song's
echoing refrain now carrying an eerie literal resonance. As hair
becomes a distant memory, humanity adapts in remarkable ways. Fashion
evolves to embrace the new reality. Scalp tattoos become a
(11:10):
global art form, and shimmering bioluminescent skin paints allow people
to light up their heads in dazzling patterns. Technology steps
in with digital hair apps that project holographic hairstyles, allowing
people to wear anything from flowing locks to wild, gravity
defying designs. The beauty industry shifts its focus entirely. Lotions, polishes,
(11:36):
and oils for maintaining the perfect sheen and smoothness dominate
the market.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Scalp a premium treatment for the luxurious care of a.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Hair free head. Bald is not just beautiful, it becomes
the standard societal norms. Realign and old depictions of hairy
humans and photos and movies seem as alien as dinosaurs
to the new generation. But there are upsides of baldness.
For one, there's no more bad hair days. Confidence skyrocks
(12:06):
does people no longer battle frizz, cowlicks or ill timed humidity,
and the hygiene is simplified. Imagine shampoo is a relic
of the past, and showers become quicker and more efficient.
What about athletes? Swimmers and runners and cyclists rejoice at
reduced drag, breaking records with new found aerodynamic forms. Still
(12:32):
there are those who long for the follicular days. Museums
display strands of preserved hair in climate controlled cases. A
black market trade emerges where rogues scientists offer illegal hair
restoration procedures for exorbitant fees. The phrase splitting hairs falls
out of use entirely, along with every idiom involving combs, curls,
(12:57):
or ponytails. Poets romanticize the golden age of hair, citing
orders to the wind through auburn locks and the tangles
of a summer's kiss, and children laugh at old cartoons
of shaggy creatures. You know, people their smooth heads, unable
to imagine what it must have felt like to have hair.
(13:17):
But the hairless era is not just a story of loss.
It's one of transformation. Humanity's resilience shines as people adapt, innovate,
and redefine beauty. While some lament what was, others celebrate
what is, using their bare skin as a canvas for
(13:37):
creativity and self expression. I felt long, but I think
it painted a huge picture.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
A lot there, a lot of lamenting.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Yeah, and a painted picture of what that future looks like.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Not only that future, but kind of the cycle you
know that happened, from the initial occurrence to the adaptation
to that which is pretty interesting.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Yeah, obviously near and dear to my heart. You know
a little thing called in the air tonight, which is
like one of my favorite songs. If listeners don't know
that about me, I thought that was a fantastic maybe.
You know, some of these futures seem like they have
a tie to the past and maybe even to our
own past. Right, it seems like the future knows.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Well, doesn't our future have a tie to the past
or our present? I guess have a tie of the past.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah, for sure, so makes.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Sense in that way. But a lot of interesting things there.
My initial thought, as mentioned there, we don't know the
reason why this happened, but you know, I have had
the thought before hair If truly it's functioned its most
b basic function, I guess there are multiple is just
warmth or that's why you know, why it's there, That's
(15:06):
why it's there. On like animals, why as we become
developed our world become domesticated, living houses have developed heating,
you know, capabilities where most of the time we're in
climate controlled environments. Would it makes sense over long periods
of time, you know, thousands of years, that we would
hair would start to go away as a non necessity.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I mean, it's it's very true. I mean, like there's
a lot of things we're going to find it, you know,
because you can't see it in the moment, and only
in hindsight can you look back and go, oh wow.
You know. It's like when we look back at like
prehistoric man and you see the evolution of certain things
that happened, You're like, wow, you can't even really comprehend it,
(15:50):
you know what I mean. It's like wrapping your brain
around anything that seems very distant.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Yeah, And I can't imagine what a crisis it would
be going through this period where everybody is losing their hair.
You kind of forget what a like signifier that is
of people, you know, an expression of individuality. So to
completely lose that everybody, you know, when you look around
and everybody is just this hairless person. We can no
(16:18):
longer identify people by you know, hair color or hair style,
you know, long hair versus short hair, anything like that.
We really just become this mass of everybody is this
kind of blob of sameness. I feel like there would
be a national, a global crisis, you know, of individuality.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Yeah, and you see some of that in the you
know what's being shown through the.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Yeah, the tattoos and the bio what luminescent skin paint.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
I see in my head. If listeners can imagine this,
and I'm sure you can, the architects or engineers from
alien like the Prometheus or whatever. Yeah, like how they're there,
like very pale, pale, bald, completely yeah bold, That's sort
of how I imagine what that must look like. But millions
of people or billions of people like that kind of
(17:12):
puts things in perspective, like you said, to see what
that would be like, very scary probably at the time,
like you said, thousands of years when something like that happens,
But if you're talking about just a few generations of that,
it's very quick in the bigger scheme of things, you know.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Yeah, But the great benefit, of course, would be the
use of the word follicular, yeah, which I think is
just a fantastic word that we'd be using all the time.
Maybe you'd turn on the news and you know, it's
like follicular crisis day three sixty seven. So at least
we get that. But yeah, super interesting future and one
(17:50):
of those things we just kind of underrate a little
bit the importance of hair in our world today, Like
how much we rely on that to say something about
ourselves or position ourselves against other people, I guess, or
with or against.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Yeah, if everybody look the same kind of kind of scary, honestly.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Yeah, it would be. It would be a little bit
just a bunch of baldies.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
But between Kapola and this future with no hair, I
think that that's a that's an interesting sort of look
at something that we all take for granted, Like I
said at the beginning of the episode, right, I mean,
something that we just don't think about. Yeah, but the
future of hair could be very different.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Notable also, one future going heavy on the hair, doubling
down on the hair, if you will, another future, you know,
and eliminating it entirely.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
And that is the dichotomy of you know, the futures
that we bring back on a regular basis here on
the Fuzz.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Yeah, you just don't know what you're going to get,
where you're going to.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Go, and that's what we'll leave you with until next time.
But that's it, and that's all for this episode of
The Fuzz. Tune in next time for more of tomorrow's Buzz.
Today when that's today, Today, Today,
Welcome to the Fuzz, where we envision the ideas we'll
all be buzzing about in the future, the Fuzz.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Future, Sure, in the future, in the future, in the future.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Well, the things we talk about on this podcast might
seem impossible or even slightly insane. So did haircuts, hair dyes,
and hair transplants. And now not a day goes by
where a massive amount of people aren't doing all of
these things simultaneously. Yeah, at the same time, you're getting
(01:02):
a hair transplant with dyed hair and then you're getting.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
A cut, right, slightly insane, slightly Well, on today's episode,
we're talking about the funny follicles that shape so much
of our world. Of course, we're talking about hair. Hair
from curly to straight, to arm to face, to thick
to thin, to blonde to black. Hair is a huge
(01:27):
part of the human experience.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Right, It's a big part of our lives. Coincidentally, the
funny follicles also the name of our band.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah, I mean it's a great band name, no doubt,
No doubt's playing with us.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Actually they open for the funny Follicles. Yeah, uh yeah. Hair.
You don't even sometimes you don't even think about how
much hair is just a part of your life, you know,
and a part of you.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
It is, you know, Like I can honestly say, I
don't remember the last time I saw a clean shaven face. Right,
I have a beard. I've had a beard for many,
many years, maybe decades. That's hair.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Eyebrows, mm hmm. It's just it's everywhere.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah, something we might take for granted, which we thought
would make a lot of sense to see. You know,
what is the future of hair, Like if we step
into our time machine, what is it going to show us.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Let's do it. Let's take a look at the future
of hair. Why don't we step into the time.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Machine in a world where luxury is redefined and beauty
comes from the most unexpected source, introducing capitala the future
(02:50):
of fashion more than just a material, it's a revolution,
a statement. The pinnacle of elegance did from the rarest,
most coveted resource in the world. Human hair Capola is
for those who understand that true luxury is not just worn,
(03:12):
it's lived. The finest strands, ethically sourced from the world's
most exclusive donors, are transformed into garments and defy the ordinary.
From flowing gowns to tailored suits. Each piece is meticulously
woven and sculptured, creating textures that are as fluid as
(03:32):
your every movement. Garments move with you as if alive. Sensual, transformative, powerful,
because in this new world, your hair isn't just part
of you, it is you. For the fortunate few, Capella
(03:53):
is the mark of status for the rest, a reminder
that beauty always.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Comes at a cost. Capola where the future in the
world available only at the house of Kappola. Your transformation
awaits Capola.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Hmmm, wow, Cappala capitala, Cappala capitala.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
So what we have here is hair as high fashion.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, human hair as high human hair.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Yeah, wearing human hair, not just our own, but the
hair you know of others, I assume well.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
And traditionally this is where it differs, right, is because
people have worn you know, animal fur or animal hair.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Yeah, I mean coat for example.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Never human hair. I don't think.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
So this is different, not that we know of, not
to this point. But yeah, now we're seeing a future
where people are wearing.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Human hair and it's elegant.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
It's very elegant, it's very high class.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
The marketing has pushed this as this is a status symbol.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And kind of like it seems like they're marketing it
to be elegant, high class and somewhat sensual.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
Is that the word sensual was in there?
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Yeah, that's an interesting alignment, you know, to make that
sort of connection with human hair, you know can be sensual.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
You know the way the hair moves and flows, you know,
a nice, nice full head of locks.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
So I guess my number one question, which is probably
what all the listeners are wondering, where does this human
hair come from? What humans?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (05:51):
People donating hair? Is there a single source? Is there
like they pay people to cut their hair, or.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
The marketing is telling us it's ethically sourced from the
world's most exclusive donors.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Okay, who are they?
Speaker 3 (06:05):
I'm written between the lines a little bit. Here's where
I'm picturing. Okay, I'm picturing, you know, a world where
I'm imagining that the lower class, maybe the poorer people,
you're all probably bald from selling their hair to these companies.
That's the future I'm kind of imagining. Here the rich
(06:26):
are wearing the hair, the poor are all bald and
hairless because that's where they're getting their hair, that's where
they're harvesting the hair.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
From and that's the ethically sourced. So it's a it's
a socioeconomic class system that's sort of like taking holden.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
That's what I'm thinking though. I guess you could have
a scenario where somebody being like, I only wear my
own hair, like I'm too good to wear anybody else's hair.
I'll only wear my own hair. But how are you
going to get all that hair to make all your clothes?
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Or maybe there's people who are like, I only get
my hair from France. Yeah, you know what I mean.
You get it from a source in a specific country
because you like the way that that hair feels, maybe
more than another, right, because that would make sense to region.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Different textures, different regions, are like I only get mine
from blonde women in isolation. Like you're gonna say Iceland,
Iceland would work, Yeah, isolation in Iceland. Yeah, so it's
like the hair is untouched by the natural world.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
You know, there's no pollution. Yeah, right in those places.
Well maybe in the future, but that's very interesting. It's
called cappala capala. I like it. I like it.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Let's hear what kind of future you have? What's hair
look like in the time you went to all right.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I think that's Mike Cue. Let's step into the time machine.
In the distant future, Earth's atmosphere undergoes a radical transformation.
(08:11):
A series of cascading ecological events blamed on everything from
excessive pollution to unpredictable solar flares, unleashes a new airborne element.
Scientists eventually dub trichovac Are. Might be wondering, what is trichoviceragon?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
What music?
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Stop Guy's doing? Harmless to human health but devastating to
hair follicles, This mysterious compound slowly renders humanity completely hairless
over the course of several generations. At first, the phenomenon
seems trivial, but people notice their hair thinning in curious ways.
Barbers complain about dwindling clientele, hair care industries pivot frantically
(08:55):
to scalp care products, and wig makers rake in fortunes.
But as years roll by, it becomes evident that this
is no temporary trend. Humanity is undergoing a permanent, species
wide change. Research reveals that triva bonds de carotene, breaking
(09:19):
it down in the follicles and preventing regrowth. Unlike traditional
hair loss, it affects all body hair, leaving every human
completely smooth from head to toe. Eyelashes, beards, and even
the peach fuzz on your arms and legs disappear. Some
optimists claim the change is an evolutionary boon, a natural
(09:41):
adaptation to Earth's increasing human climate, or the presdent of
microplastics in the air, but others mourn the loss, citing cultural, personal,
and sometimes psychological impacts of life without hair. At a
very basic and fundamental level, hair is a part of
our idea, identity, a visual representation of our innermost presumption
(10:03):
of self. Ancient braids to punk mohawks. We've used it
to express who we are, and without it, what happens
to our individuality. The loss of hair begins to influence
pop culture in unexpected ways. Phil collins haunting classic in
the Air Tonight sees an unlikely resurgence. The song becomes
(10:27):
an anthem of the hairless era, its lyrics taking on
a surreal, almost prophetic tone. Some interpret the iconic drumbeat
as a metaphorical reckoning for humanity's follicular demise, while others
joke that Colin's smooth scalp was an early sign of
things to come. It's not uncommon to hear people humming
(10:47):
the tune as they polish their gleaming heads. The song's
echoing refrain now carrying an eerie literal resonance. As hair
becomes a distant memory, humanity adapts in remarkable ways. Fashion
evolves to embrace the new reality. Scalp tattoos become a
(11:10):
global art form, and shimmering bioluminescent skin paints allow people
to light up their heads in dazzling patterns. Technology steps
in with digital hair apps that project holographic hairstyles, allowing
people to wear anything from flowing locks to wild, gravity
defying designs. The beauty industry shifts its focus entirely. Lotions, polishes,
(11:36):
and oils for maintaining the perfect sheen and smoothness dominate
the market.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Scalp a premium treatment for the luxurious care of a.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Hair free head. Bald is not just beautiful, it becomes
the standard societal norms. Realign and old depictions of hairy
humans and photos and movies seem as alien as dinosaurs
to the new generation. But there are upsides of baldness.
For one, there's no more bad hair days. Confidence skyrocks
(12:06):
does people no longer battle frizz, cowlicks or ill timed humidity,
and the hygiene is simplified. Imagine shampoo is a relic
of the past, and showers become quicker and more efficient.
What about athletes? Swimmers and runners and cyclists rejoice at
reduced drag, breaking records with new found aerodynamic forms. Still
(12:32):
there are those who long for the follicular days. Museums
display strands of preserved hair in climate controlled cases. A
black market trade emerges where rogues scientists offer illegal hair
restoration procedures for exorbitant fees. The phrase splitting hairs falls
out of use entirely, along with every idiom involving combs, curls,
(12:57):
or ponytails. Poets romanticize the golden age of hair, citing
orders to the wind through auburn locks and the tangles
of a summer's kiss, and children laugh at old cartoons
of shaggy creatures. You know, people their smooth heads, unable
to imagine what it must have felt like to have hair.
(13:17):
But the hairless era is not just a story of loss.
It's one of transformation. Humanity's resilience shines as people adapt, innovate,
and redefine beauty. While some lament what was, others celebrate
what is, using their bare skin as a canvas for
(13:37):
creativity and self expression. I felt long, but I think
it painted a huge picture.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
A lot there, a lot of lamenting.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Yeah, and a painted picture of what that future looks like.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Not only that future, but kind of the cycle you
know that happened, from the initial occurrence to the adaptation
to that which is pretty interesting.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Yeah, obviously near and dear to my heart. You know
a little thing called in the air tonight, which is
like one of my favorite songs. If listeners don't know
that about me, I thought that was a fantastic maybe.
You know, some of these futures seem like they have
a tie to the past and maybe even to our
own past. Right, it seems like the future knows.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Well, doesn't our future have a tie to the past
or our present? I guess have a tie of the past.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah, for sure, so makes.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Sense in that way. But a lot of interesting things there.
My initial thought, as mentioned there, we don't know the
reason why this happened, but you know, I have had
the thought before hair If truly it's functioned its most
b basic function, I guess there are multiple is just
warmth or that's why you know, why it's there, That's
(15:06):
why it's there. On like animals, why as we become
developed our world become domesticated, living houses have developed heating,
you know, capabilities where most of the time we're in
climate controlled environments. Would it makes sense over long periods
of time, you know, thousands of years, that we would
hair would start to go away as a non necessity.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I mean, it's it's very true. I mean, like there's
a lot of things we're going to find it, you know,
because you can't see it in the moment, and only
in hindsight can you look back and go, oh wow.
You know. It's like when we look back at like
prehistoric man and you see the evolution of certain things
that happened, You're like, wow, you can't even really comprehend it,
(15:50):
you know what I mean. It's like wrapping your brain
around anything that seems very distant.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Yeah, And I can't imagine what a crisis it would
be going through this period where everybody is losing their hair.
You kind of forget what a like signifier that is
of people, you know, an expression of individuality. So to
completely lose that everybody, you know, when you look around
and everybody is just this hairless person. We can no
(16:18):
longer identify people by you know, hair color or hair style,
you know, long hair versus short hair, anything like that.
We really just become this mass of everybody is this
kind of blob of sameness. I feel like there would
be a national, a global crisis, you know, of individuality.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Yeah, and you see some of that in the you
know what's being shown through the.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Yeah, the tattoos and the bio what luminescent skin paint.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
I see in my head. If listeners can imagine this,
and I'm sure you can, the architects or engineers from
alien like the Prometheus or whatever. Yeah, like how they're there,
like very pale, pale, bald, completely yeah bold, That's sort
of how I imagine what that must look like. But millions
of people or billions of people like that kind of
(17:12):
puts things in perspective, like you said, to see what
that would be like, very scary probably at the time,
like you said, thousands of years when something like that happens,
But if you're talking about just a few generations of that,
it's very quick in the bigger scheme of things, you know.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Yeah, But the great benefit, of course, would be the
use of the word follicular, yeah, which I think is
just a fantastic word that we'd be using all the time.
Maybe you'd turn on the news and you know, it's
like follicular crisis day three sixty seven. So at least
we get that. But yeah, super interesting future and one
(17:50):
of those things we just kind of underrate a little
bit the importance of hair in our world today, Like
how much we rely on that to say something about
ourselves or position ourselves against other people, I guess, or
with or against.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Yeah, if everybody look the same kind of kind of scary, honestly.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Yeah, it would be. It would be a little bit
just a bunch of baldies.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
But between Kapola and this future with no hair, I
think that that's a that's an interesting sort of look
at something that we all take for granted, Like I
said at the beginning of the episode, right, I mean,
something that we just don't think about. Yeah, but the
future of hair could be very different.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Notable also, one future going heavy on the hair, doubling
down on the hair, if you will, another future, you know,
and eliminating it entirely.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
And that is the dichotomy of you know, the futures
that we bring back on a regular basis here on
the Fuzz.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Yeah, you just don't know what you're going to get,
where you're going to.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Go, and that's what we'll leave you with until next time.
But that's it, and that's all for this episode of
The Fuzz. Tune in next time for more of tomorrow's Buzz.
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