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I've been thinking about this quite a bit: there seems to have been a shift sometime during the last 50 years where instead of computers and computing being a t
by oliv__ 6y ago
I've been thinking about this quite a bit: there seems to have been a shift sometime during the last 50 years where instead of computers and computing being a tool to be mastered and controlled by humans, we've seen computers switch the power dynamic and render us humans the tools.
To me, that clash of "visions" was supremely represented in Apple's "1984" advert.
I'd love for computing to get back to that utopian vision of the bicycle for the mind but if you look around these days it's more of a train-wreck of the mind.
- etblg 6y agoYou may like the Adam Curtis documentary series "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace", which basically posits that same thought.
- jmfldn 6y ago"I'd love for computing to get back to that utopian vision of the bicycle for the mind but if you look around these days it's more of a train-wreck of the mind." Same here. I'm increasingly not interested in machines or software that I don't control at leaf to some extent, that I'm not free to modify, that aren't about empowerment, learning and creativity for the user. It's not just based on a personal desire, although it is partly that. It's the only way we can stay free. This isn't just some high-minded hacker ideology, it's literally about liberty.
- Erlich_Bachman 6y ago"50 years where instead of computers and computing being a tool to be mastered and controlled by humans, we've seen computers switch the power dynamic and render us humans the tools."? What?? Where exactly in the current world do you see this? It doesn't reflect reality at all...
- jmfldn 6y agoWalled gardens, ad tech, lack of full ownership over your machine, less general purpose computing. I see where the writer of this is coming from for sure.