Slate on the Evolution and Impacts of Telecommuting Somehow, what was supposed to be an “electronic cottage” has become an “electronic sweatshop.” It’s not just surveillance—it’s that many employees who telecommute only occasionally end up doing far more work than before their “emancipation.”
Notes On Being Busy
“Nowadays, encounters of the spirit must be scheduled long in advance, and even then the endless tide of deferred chores and anticipated engagements never ceases to break on our attention… “In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that in the future, as technology increased efficiency and production, a fifteen-hour work week would become the norm: ‘Thus for […]
Apple vs. Samsung Galaxy III Mini
Apple vs. Samsung Galaxy III Mini Apparently the III Mini would be unlikely to yield a sales advantage in the US anyway. Source: The Citizen, South Africa
What Turned Jarod Lanier Against The Web?
What Turned Jarod Lanier Against The Web? (Smithsonian Magazine)
One-Half of a Manifesto
One-Half of a Manifesto The placement of one’s circle of empathy is ultimately a matter of faith. We must accept the fact that we are forced to place the circle somewhere, and yet we cannot exclude extrarational faith from our choice of where to place it. — Jaron Lanier
