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I see these things as a natural progression. The Internet is so important that we are becoming connected tighter with each revolultion. When I first started us

by jwdunne 14y ago

I see these things as a natural progression. The Internet is so important that we are becoming connected tighter with each revolultion. When I first started using the Internet, it was using an unreliable 56k on a large desktop. I had to visit one spot in my house to connect. After this, I got my first laptop. This was great because now I can connect any where in my house. By that time, I had broadband do always on, faster and way more reliable. Fast forward again and I got my first smart phone. Now I can connect pretty much anywhere (given a decent signal) just by pulling my phone out of my pocket. Google Glass means I won't have to pull it out of my pocket anymore. Now my life will be constantly enhanced at every moment by great hackers, just like it has been enhanced in increasing amounts since I first touched the Internet.

mattgreenrocks 14y ago
Where "enhanced" == abusive apps that rely on dopamine hits and fear of missing out to spur traction?
- jwdunne 14y ago
  No, I cannot say my life has been enhanced by those types of applications. I'm talking stuff we take for granted like email, the web, word processing. These things have enhanced my life. The web alone opens a whole library of information and I am actually thankful because without it I'd know only a fraction of what I currently know. Similar revolutions will happen and I fully believe something like Google Glass will be the medium. Just as a thought, look at everything you use computers for now and think what it'd be like if they wasn't there? Even the most basic tasks should be considered.
imcqueen 14y ago
I also think people will be much more strict when it comes to picking "apps" for a device like Glass, or at least more strict with permissions. Just from personal experience the more capable something is of interrupting me the more selective I am with privileges.
- lloeki 14y ago
  While I can barely tolerate ads and always go for the ad-free version of an app when possible, I would mandate precisely zero ads for such a device to register as worthwhile on my radar.
OGinparadise 14y ago
Google Glass means I won't have to pull it out of my pocket anymore. Now my life will be constantly enhanced at every moment by great hackers, just like it has been enhanced in increasing amounts since I first touched the Internet. Try this for enhancement: shut everything off and talk to a human being, be it the local bagel shop owner or a homeless person. If I had to bet your life isn't being enhanced, it's being drained away, app by app. How many coffee cup pics must one post online? It gets boring after a while, and, imo, it's a sign of depression and a feeling of inferiority.
- tedks 14y ago
  I've lived my entire sentient life with a cable or faster Internet connection. I spend virtually all of my time that is not spent going out with friends, eating lunch with colleagues, or having alone time with my partner on my laptop, Xbox, or Nexus S. I am, seemingly, what you fear. I cannot think of a single reason why it would be more productive for me to talk to a homeless person instead of doing any of the things I do on computing devices on a daily basis. I don't think you can name any, beyond straw men like "you're wasting your time looking at pictures of coffee cups on the Internet." Because my life is constantly mediated by technology, I can tell you with very good precision that of the 8,760 hours in 2011, I only wasted 939 of them (and most of that was playing video games over the summer -- it's arguable that I'm not wasting time by experiencing the story of Mass Effect the same way I wouldn't be wasting my time experiencing the story of The Hunger Games, but books are more high status, so I'll give myself incentive to prefer them over video games). If uploading pictures of coffee cups to the Internet is what you do with most of your time on computers, I feel genuinely sorry for you, and I hope that you can find a better hobby. I don't think that talking to random people you run into during your day is that hobby, though. Have you tried this app ShuffleMyLife? It might give you better things to do outdoors than try to start conversations with shopkeepers.
  - OGinparadise 14y ago
    I can tell you with very good precision that of the 8,760 hours in 2011, I only wasted 939 of them That's pretty good for a robot but you can still improve. As for me, I am a normal person, I don't need to track every freaking minute of my life or be "connected" to a million devices at any moment.

by jwdunne 14y ago

mattgreenrocks 14y ago

Where "enhanced" == abusive apps that rely on dopamine hits and fear of missing out to spur traction?

jwdunne 14y ago
No, I cannot say my life has been enhanced by those types of applications. I'm talking stuff we take for granted like email, the web, word processing. These things have enhanced my life. The web alone opens a whole library of information and I am actually thankful because without it I'd know only a fraction of what I currently know. Similar revolutions will happen and I fully believe something like Google Glass will be the medium. Just as a thought, look at everything you use computers for now and think what it'd be like if they wasn't there? Even the most basic tasks should be considered.

imcqueen 14y ago

I also think people will be much more strict when it comes to picking "apps" for a device like Glass, or at least more strict with permissions. Just from personal experience the more capable something is of interrupting me the more selective I am with privileges.

lloeki 14y ago
While I can barely tolerate ads and always go for the ad-free version of an app when possible, I would mandate precisely zero ads for such a device to register as worthwhile on my radar.

OGinparadise 14y ago

Google Glass means I won't have to pull it out of my pocket anymore. Now my life will be constantly enhanced at every moment by great hackers, just like it has been enhanced in increasing amounts since I first touched the Internet. Try this for enhancement: shut everything off and talk to a human being, be it the local bagel shop owner or a homeless person. If I had to bet your life isn't being enhanced, it's being drained away, app by app. How many coffee cup pics must one post online? It gets boring after a while, and, imo, it's a sign of depression and a feeling of inferiority.

tedks 14y ago
I've lived my entire sentient life with a cable or faster Internet connection. I spend virtually all of my time that is not spent going out with friends, eating lunch with colleagues, or having alone time with my partner on my laptop, Xbox, or Nexus S. I am, seemingly, what you fear. I cannot think of a single reason why it would be more productive for me to talk to a homeless person instead of doing any of the things I do on computing devices on a daily basis. I don't think you can name any, beyond straw men like "you're wasting your time looking at pictures of coffee cups on the Internet." Because my life is constantly mediated by technology, I can tell you with very good precision that of the 8,760 hours in 2011, I only wasted 939 of them (and most of that was playing video games over the summer -- it's arguable that I'm not wasting time by experiencing the story of Mass Effect the same way I wouldn't be wasting my time experiencing the story of The Hunger Games, but books are more high status, so I'll give myself incentive to prefer them over video games). If uploading pictures of coffee cups to the Internet is what you do with most of your time on computers, I feel genuinely sorry for you, and I hope that you can find a better hobby. I don't think that talking to random people you run into during your day is that hobby, though. Have you tried this app ShuffleMyLife? It might give you better things to do outdoors than try to start conversations with shopkeepers.
- OGinparadise 14y ago
  I can tell you with very good precision that of the 8,760 hours in 2011, I only wasted 939 of them That's pretty good for a robot but you can still improve. As for me, I am a normal person, I don't need to track every freaking minute of my life or be "connected" to a million devices at any moment.