@trochee@dair-community.social
2026-07-18 18:47 UTC
Computing before 2000: "a bicycle for the mind"
Modern computing: "a cybertruck for the mind"
all the implications of this metaphor hold up
- public safety
- cardiac health
- availability to ordinary people
- traffic congestion
- home repair
- vendor lock in
- climate change
Replies (4)
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@matthewmaybe@infosec.exchange 2026-07-19 01:28
@trochee@dair-community.social you know, it seems like we really shouldn't recommend computing to the general public anymore... unless you really know what you're doing it just ends badly
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@matthewmaybe@infosec.exchange 2026-07-19 01:28
@trochee@dair-community.social you know, it seems like we maybe shouldn't recommend computing to the general public anymore... unless you really know what you're doing it just ends badly
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@Ashedryden@xoxo.zone 2026-07-18 19:57
@trochee@dair-community.social RIP
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@davidbeers@dair-community.social 2026-07-18 21:19
@trochee@dair-community.social … and conviviality. The last few years have been about isolation, an attempt to short-circuit the social practice of making computer products. Self-driving-ness as withdrawal from society.