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I really wish that the world gravitated towards more hardware-related gadgety future. I was quite fond of the Japanese vision of future, where there is an item

I really wish that the world gravitated towards more hardware-related gadgety future. I was quite fond of the Japanese vision of future, where there is an item/gadget/accessory for everything. That way, people could choose to which degree they want to interact with their technology. But here we are, stuck in the IoT software-focused world.

jstarfish 4y ago
Same here. Variety is the spice of life. One day I noticed I have some Thought Problems, and after thinking about it I realized that most of my daily interactions take place with the same two devices. Doing work on the same computer you game on, deal with family drama, communicate with co-workers and family, etc. takes its toll-- there's never any new stimulus, just living in the same 10'x10' cube playing with the same two toys for years on end. When you have a particularly stressful interaction with either, you're still forced to continue using it. (No wonder the kids are miserable. We replaced toys with smartphones.) Things improved when I broke away to console gaming, set up a dedicated work computer, and did personal stuff on another. DSLR for pictures instead of phone. Moved away from taking notes on the computer and do data/object modeling with physical objects (anything from index cards to Legos). Etc. The only thing I use my phone for these days is reading news on the toilet, which is apt because it's all the same shit to flush either way. I would actually kill myself if I had to spend any more of my time interacting with the world through a singular device. It's not a life worth living.
QuercusMax 4y ago
Or even the Star Trek (TNG-era) future - people put things on PADDs which seem to generally be for individual purposes / projects. They're cheap / disposable (replicable?), and are treated more like physical paper notebooks than expensive smart tablets.

jstarfish 4y ago

Same here. Variety is the spice of life. One day I noticed I have some Thought Problems, and after thinking about it I realized that most of my daily interactions take place with the same two devices. Doing work on the same computer you game on, deal with family drama, communicate with co-workers and family, etc. takes its toll-- there's never any new stimulus, just living in the same 10'x10' cube playing with the same two toys for years on end. When you have a particularly stressful interaction with either, you're still forced to continue using it. (No wonder the kids are miserable. We replaced toys with smartphones.) Things improved when I broke away to console gaming, set up a dedicated work computer, and did personal stuff on another. DSLR for pictures instead of phone. Moved away from taking notes on the computer and do data/object modeling with physical objects (anything from index cards to Legos). Etc. The only thing I use my phone for these days is reading news on the toilet, which is apt because it's all the same shit to flush either way. I would actually kill myself if I had to spend any more of my time interacting with the world through a singular device. It's not a life worth living.

QuercusMax 4y ago

Or even the Star Trek (TNG-era) future - people put things on PADDs which seem to generally be for individual purposes / projects. They're cheap / disposable (replicable?), and are treated more like physical paper notebooks than expensive smart tablets.