On the Network

The ultimate goal of technology, the telos of techne, is to replace a natural world that’s indifferent to our wishes — a world of hurricanes and hardships and breakable hearts, a world of resistance — with a world so responsive to our wishes as to be, effectively, a mere extension of the self.

Technology Provides an Alternative to Love by Jonathan Franzen

I admire Derek Powazek’s optimistic manifesto, but love (and can’t help siding with) Jonathan Franzen’s pessimism.

14 Jun 2011