Against Realtime
The future is now, more so than ever. Silicon Valley, filled with worshipers of the new, has embraced “realtime” as the latest trend. If it didn’t happen in the last 10 minutes, it doesn’t matter.
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This relentless neophilia is based on the notion that information only has value if it’s fresh. That the only news is breaking news. That the only thing you want to know about your friends is what they’re doing right now.
What if it’s all wrong?
