The Myth of Technology

Posted on:	11/20/21 18:08:12
Last edited:	01/01/23 13:37:57

The Myth of Technology: Computers for Cynics 0

a video by Ted Nelson:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KdnGPQaICjk

I don’t remember how i stumbled upon this video. Here are some ideas I wrote down.

• junk not knowing who to blame.

hopes and dreams.

“I don’t understand technology” –> “I don’t get the crappy menus…”

yes, OF COURSE you can argue with tech !

MS windows

the wrapper is what we see!

determinism. nature is given.

“why can’t I x,y,z,…” –> “because computers don’t allow it!”

yes, so true! I think we should all break from our shells

• there are no objective criteria.
• like dog breeds, there are thousands of computer ideas and they can be endlessly combined
• many of them [ideas] have fanatical following
• then gives examples of several softwares and how they kind of came to be
  • utf-8, ascii, another weird character set that was like 7 bits for chars and 4 bits for numbers ?

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