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Aren't you saying "I don't care how you feel" to everyone choosing to engage with the world less directly/personally and more removed/technologically?
by Wintamute 12y ago
Aren't you saying "I don't care how you feel" to everyone choosing to engage with the world less directly/personally and more removed/technologically?
- kordless 12y agoI'm saying the inverse, I think. The person in the article has a good point, and we shouldn't tolerate 'tough luck' as the response. Someone in their phone clearly doesn't have the bandwidth to care how I feel about their engagement with our reality. I've watched teenagers literally shake their friends to try to get them out of their phones to answer a question on which Jamba Juice they wanted. That behavior is irritating because it mutes my ability to state my feelings to that individual. Obviously I don't talk to everyone I see in the world, but given a significant amount of people run around with their nose in their phone all the time, it can affect how someone who isn't in their phone views the world. Less people engage in conversation, less people 'see' you on the street, less people are 'aware' you exist, etc. It's a real problem and SF is the epicenter of it because a) this is where it all gets built and b) it's part of the tech culture.
- orangecat 12y agoSomeone in their phone clearly doesn't have the bandwidth to care how I feel about their engagement with our reality. Your aesthetic preferences do not impose any obligations on anyone else.