The future does not computeSteve Talbott
The future does not compute
by Steve Talbott · first published 1999
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Not exactly new, this is one theme from Stephen Talbott's 1995 book The Future Does Not Compute. There are many things I disagree with in it, but I strongly agree about his description that the internet, results in a "scattering of attention" and that incoming messages (email) increases the "fragmentation…
on “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” ↗…picked out a narrative that highlighted all the criticisms I've made of Silicon Valley "solutionism" (his current bete noir). If he'd really done his research, he would have found Steve Talbott's book The Future Does Not Compute, which I published all the way back in 1995 in a first attempt to get people thinking about the ambiguous gifts that technology brings us. He could have also discovered my distaste for Libertarian fairy…
on “The Meme Hustler - Tim O’Reilly’s crazy talk” ↗