On the anxiety of responding, impatience and quirks gone sour
If there has been one constant and consistent – and incessant – narrative coursing through this blog over the years it has been my ad nauseam ranting and raving about technology. I think it all started with this post from 2010 and from then on, it’s always hard to resist the temptation to have another whinge about technology and its pernicious effects. Perhaps one day I will look at it from the other side and come up with something positive. But for now… I do realise that ‘technology’ is such a ridiculously broad area to complain about. There are far too many angles to tackle, but there are two trends that worry me the most: the idea that technology is a panacea for so many problems, or what Evgeny Morovoz calls the ‘folly of technological solutionism’ , and how impatient it has made [some of] us. What I’ve been reading The other day I read ‘ How It Became Normal to Ignore Texts and Emails ’. The headline alone was enough to make me feel better about life, especially with...