“It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.”
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People try to treat technology as an object, and it can't be. It can only be a channel.
Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions.
After my mother's death, I had such difficulty relating to people.
Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.
