Amber points out the commonalities between self-driving cars, the metaverse, “AI”, and whatever tech trend is in the headlines next week:
- It was first depicted in TV & movies.
- Seemingly everyone is rushing into it for fear of missing out.
- It promises to do too many major things too soon.
- It inspires fear in the popular imagination.
Everything old is new again:
In our current “information age,” or so the story goes, we suffer in new and unique ways.
But the idea that modern life, and particularly modern technology, harms as well as helps, is deeply embedded in Western culture: In fact, the Victorians diagnosed very similar problems in their own society.
A personal history of personal publishing from Ana—it’s wonderful!
When I was feeling low and alone I would recall how happy I used to be before I was working in tech. I would remember my silly fan sites, my experiments, my blogs and everything that I loved so much that made me become a developer.