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Sometimes I imagine myself going back in time, back to the middle 80's, or even early 90's, and showing to my past self the crazy devices we have right now. It'
by mrfinn 3y ago
Sometimes I imagine myself going back in time, back to the middle 80's, or even early 90's, and showing to my past self the crazy devices we have right now. It's a funny exercise, I think I'd see a current 200 bucks cellphone as an alien device.
- moffkalast 3y agoIs it possible? Ancient astronaut theorists say... yes.
- pjerem 3y agoI sometimes imagine that also. Although I think me from the past would be pretty excited and me from the present would be pretty envious to stay in the 90s, when computers were boring but made for helping users in their tasks instead of trying to influence them into what corporations want them to do.
- LastWeekendWas 3y agoCertainly! Even as late as the early 2000's, a corporations software 'phoning home' without the users knowledge (and explicit consent) was a minor scandal and a real privacy concern. Now such behaviour is so commonplace, it is unremarkable.
- pjerem 3y agoYes but it’s not even just that, it’s that there has been a paradigm shift from how can I sell the most useful product I can to how can I attract and retain as many users as possible in my trap, using as much dark patterns as I can so I can milk their data and make money with it. It’s too bad because we have truly awesome tech but it’s just full of traps and we aren’t allowed to own our own devices anymore.
- ourmandave 3y agoAnd imagine what future you from 2060 could show you today.
- gabrielsroka 3y agoBring a Walkman and a Van Halen cassette.