Re:What is the point of imagining new technologies without n...
by loudtieblahblah on Thursday January 06, 2022 @10:55AM
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the sheer fact that we as a society now "binge" whole tv shows and that they're made to binge, should be a sign of this.
the fact people rack up 100s of 1000s of karma points or followers on one social network or another.
We're all living in some weird F451/BraveNewWorld where we're all attached to screens, endlessly. But it's our only escape from an endlessly anxious world where we do and keep up with more and more and more b/c modern conveniences have made us able to do so - without asking if it was ever good for us to cram so much business into our daily lives to begin with
the fact people rack up 100s of 1000s of karma points or followers on one social network or another.
We're all living in some weird F451/BraveNewWorld where we're all attached to screens, endlessly. But it's our only escape from an endlessly anxious world where we do and keep up with more and more and more b/c modern conveniences have made us able to do so - without asking if it was ever good for us to cram so much business into our daily lives to begin with