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In my opinion you are conflating two roles for technology. I quote from the article itself: "Finally, Eyal confided the lengths he goes to protect his own fami
by MrQuincle 9y ago
In my opinion you are conflating two roles for technology. I quote from the article itself:
"Finally, Eyal confided the lengths he goes to protect his own family. He has installed in his house an outlet timer connected to a router that cuts off access to the internet at a set time every day. “The idea is to remember that we are not powerless,” he said. “We are in control.”"
In an admittedly handwaving manner, there is tech that gives you time (think dishwasher) and that steals it. I tried to write this down a few days ago: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-craves-our-attention-anne-van-rossum https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-craves-our-attention-ann...
- FeepingCreature 9y agoSo instead of the internet being in control, he's in control. I'm not sure this is an improvement.
- maxerickson 9y agoI've pretty much only ever used e-readers as a direct substitute for books that I would have read anyway. Quite a few times I've read an electronic book where it would have been inconvenient to have paper books available. I'm not convinced they are any different than books when it comes to time.
- Crespyl 9y agoE-readers save you the time it would have taken to manage the inconvenience of handling physical books. The time spent acquiring, storing, and carrying physical books adds up a lot faster than managing digital materials.