i miss the old internet
tech, the future of tech, what’s changed, etc
i miss the old internet
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
... See moreA quick example from my life: Twitter didn’t replace Facebook. The iPad didn’t replace my phone. My phone didn’t replace my TV. Now, I watch YouTube on my iPad, toss the video up to my TV, while checking Twitter and Facebook on my phone. It’s a little constellation of technology. But I keep asking myself: how many more things can I juggle? And for... See more
Frank Chimero • Frank Chimero · The Web’s Grain
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
Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That’s what surfers do—take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we’ve become incredibly adept technically. We’ve treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.
Brian Eno
Fortunately, when you started you were close: we don’t need you to replace us, we need you to help us find each other
