i miss the old internet

tech, the future of tech, what’s changed, etc

Inventions and Ideas from Science Fiction Books and Movies at Technovelgy.com

Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:

“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of

What computing is missing is

integration periods. It's all psychoactive stimuli,

The internet—it seemed like such a good idea at the time.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus • Why Good Ideas Die Quietly and Bad Ideas Go Viral

The kids are joining running clubs, buying “dumb” phones, woodworking, rocking Walkmans, joining supper clubs, etc because their lives have been swallowed by digital black boxes, and in this moment of uncertainty (tension re: war, AI, climate), they crave tangibility. It’s simple

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Frame of preference

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