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Apply this logic to clothes. If we all wore the same minimalistic clothes, it would allow our individuality to shine through more because the clothes wouldn't "
by xaa 10y ago
Apply this logic to clothes. If we all wore the same minimalistic clothes, it would allow our individuality to shine through more because the clothes wouldn't "distract" from our personalities?
It's possible, I suppose, but there's something frankly terrifying about everyone looking the same. It's a staple of dystopian fiction, and I think one of the authors' points is that we get the same effect, albeit smaller, when everyone's devices look the same.
- throwanem 10y agoActually, I spent a couple of years in precisely such an environment. While I can't say with certainty that there's causation to account for the most interesting and worthy people I knew in any school being those at the one which enforced a uniform policy, I certainly can say that it wasn't terrifying to see, or to participate in. Such a policy existing in society at large, whether de facto or de jure, would of course be a different matter entirely. But I don't know that it is reasonable to argue that this is the case with devices, either. While there are certainly places to be found where uniformity of style in personal electronics is the norm, my experience suggests that they are actually quite rare, and hardly approaching any degree of prevalence that would make this a reasonable concern. Perhaps it would simply do the author good to get out more.