Techocalypse
by David Pennington · updated 3mo ago
Techocalypse
- Instantaneous access to everything obviously comes at a cost. The cost being that we all behave like demented Roman emperors, at once bored and deranged, summoning whatever we want at any time.
from Your Phone Is Why You Don't Feel Sexy by Catherine Shannon
David Pennington added 3mo ago
The Importance of Inconvenience
David Pennington added 3mo ago
The “convenience” that tech invites replaced what people/ social connections used to do. You can play a video game with someone online on the other side of the world - but now you miss the casual whateverness of your co-player sitting next to you on the couch. Or, hell, the person sitting on the other side of the Scrabble/ Chess board
The Zeitgeist Is Changing. A Strange, Romantic Backlash to the Tech Era Looms
by Ross Barkan
David Pennington added 9mo ago
- What does it tell us about progress if the most influential technological innovation of the century is clearly destroying lives on a massive scale?
from I Ask Seven Heretical Questions About Progress by Ted Gioia
David Pennington added 9mo ago
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