Tech and Society

“The computer screen bulldozes our doubts with its bounties and conveniences. It os so much our servant that it would seem churlish to notice that it is also our master”

The Slow Web

Timely not real-time. Rhythm not random. Moderation not excess. Knowledge not information. These are a few of the many characteristics of the Slow Web. It’s not so much a checklist as a feeling, one of being at greater ease with the web-enabled products and services in our lives.

we went from “work hard on something you love” to just “work hard” to “work to keep pace with the machine”

..it is possible that every bit of complex technology will in its turn reveal to us something about ourselves we did not know. Part of inventing and taming our inventions is coming to terms with the new things we learn about ourselves.

The problem with non-hierarchical models is human beings are not non-hierarchical creatures. Like all anarchist ideals, the dream of infinite digital liberty turned out to be more corporate talking point than reality. We took the agenda-setting function away from individual power brokers and gave it to trillion dollar tech companies, whose faceless

Content will be commoditized by AI—but content isn’t culture

From Hamish McKenzie

This same surge in AI-led content production will simultaneously fuel a tremendous need for cultural connection: real humans in communion with one another. These relationships help us make sense of the world, and to know where to direct our attention. Their value will d

the reason tech doesn’t excite me as much these days is because the two big bottlenecks in life are: 1) A lack of courage 2) A lack of a supportive environment (so friends and family) and those seem to be people problems, not technology problems

“I discovered, to my amazement, that all through history there had been resistance— and bitter, exaggerated, last-ditch resistance— to every significant technological change that had taken place on earth. Usually the resistance came from those groups who stood to lose influence, status, money as a result of the change. Although they never advanced