Are we playing the victim? Instead of pointing out, “What tech is doing to us...” what if we asked, “What are we doing to ourselves?” This past year I ate at a restaurant which placed cute, chest-like boxes on each table. It was a gentle, decorative nudge to place your phones in there while dining. I loved it. Past tense. After the third time eating there, I thought: “How fucking grim.” That we’re reliant upon a restaurant to remind us it’s rude to text in front of family, friends or a date is a grave signal of our moment. We’ve relinquished any sense of responsibility. We have more agency here than we think. This is on us. Not restaurant decor.
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see also: "modern control isn’t about repression but about self-regulation within feedback-driven systems"
