My perspective as a child during the 90s, and was a teen in the 2000s. I've been working as a programmer the past 10 years. https://www.designboom.com/technolo

My perspective as a child during the 90s, and was a teen in the 2000s. I've been working as a programmer the past 10 years. https://www.designboom.com/technology/evolution-desk-harvard-innovation-lab-09-30-2014 https://www.designboom.com/technology/evolution-desk-harvard... Looking at those two desks, I envy the person of the 90s. I envy them the physicality of their environment, of their mind. I envy that they get to actually, physically, organize their day and relate directly to people. The empty desk has nothing but an interface into an artificial world where we are now supposed to live and do everything. The room around that rectangle fades out and becomes as irrelevant as it is empty. I understand that a lot of things are easier and neater now, but I am not sure if I thrive in this environment. It feels hollow and empty.