Gin, Television, and Social Surplus
I re-read this every few months and it always cheers me up. Perhaps social media isn’t to blame for a lack of productivity—it’s just doing an effective job of soaking up our increasing number of idle hours. Those idle hours are probably a symptom of broader economic missteps in the face of globalization and its inherent upsets.
(I still like that 4chan hyperbole though.)
this discussion has been seeping into my head for the past few weeks. all the tech we’re creating to lower thresholds and open the fire hoses a little wider to our brains is actually and obviously hurting us. sure, you know the facts faster but you haven’t had time to actually think about them before you’re bowled over with the next. arguments about television aside, there is a situation that is in the present where we must become editors for ourselves. information, however delivered, isn’t all useful. finding and digging for the exceptionally valuable can only be a human function, not a computerized one.
everything “real-time” might not be worth your time.
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