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Must have been a slow year in technology. Time = Marky Z O'reilly = Twitter Both technologies seem ultimately centered on selfish desires of people to wan
by kondro 16y ago
Must have been a slow year in technology.
Time = Marky Z
O'reilly = Twitter
Both technologies seem ultimately centered on selfish desires of people to want the minutia of their lives to be found interesting by others (Twitter especially).
I would've thought both Time and O'reilly would've named something with a little more of a net positive on society.
- qq66 16y agoThe highest purpose of any technology, whether microblogging or semiconductor fabrication equipment, is to improve human lives. One can make arguments on both sides about whether Facebook and Twitter are net positives or net negatives on society. However, given the sheer scale of their userbases, and the amount of those users' time they choose to spend on these services, if FB/Twitter usage is even mildly positive in net impact, the total impact dwarfs other more "hardcore" technology products.
- mynameishere 16y agoYeah, but Michelin year after year leaves McDonalds off its ratings.
- amitagrawal 16y agoImprove human lives? How come? I think Word Lens is a better "technology" than twitter