That the smartwatch is going to normalise several things that should appal us is precisely what we should be most concerned about. Once we love it we’re lost
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/11/apple-watch-are-you-feeling-the-terror
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Saturday, March 14, 2015
guardian - would i be happier if I didnt read the news
hmmmm.... have to say can identify with quite a few points in this article!
"likely to be highly addictive. Also, may cause: anxiety, distraction, depression, sense of helplessness, drowsiness and outrage. In addition, users should note: may be totally ineffective in stated aim of making you or world a better place. Recommended prescription: three large doses per day and infinite application at 20- to 30-minute intervals, forever.
That, for me, is the news."
That, for me, is the news."
"a great deal of my news consumption is simply disguised distraction. But it’s hard to stop, because news is the popping candy that I can pretend is wholemeal bread"
"I have built a confirmation bias so strongly into my own fabric that it’s hard to imagine a fact that could wonk me. At some level, the news has become a vast apparatus for continually proving me right in my pre-existing prejudices about the world"
"that’s what’s so infuriating about the news. That in the end what you read and watch is just a reflection of what you’re interested in and who you are, and that’s quite difficult to escape"
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