As far as I'm concerned, this is a superior piece of literature, a classic blog entry for the museum, and a very important idea as far as the progression of personal information technology.
Having said that, I have to say that it also exemplifies an attitude and culture that is disconnected from reality.
There are still many hard fundamental problems and wheels being reinvented on the web and in technology in general. Many of our popular tools are obviously severely lacking. We should solve those problems rather than wallowing in decadent perfectionism.
Beyond the web and apps, the planet is faced with brutal inequality as well as economic, ecological and philosophical crisis.
While I've accepted and enjoy my daily use of hundreds of times more resources than a significant portion of the population of the planet, and I am happy to stay in my privileged first world bubble, I have not let myself fall into dream-like state and forget what's outside of it.
The article advocates for web apps that don't try to get their users addicted to them.
ilaksh is saying that the author of the article is disconnected from reality. I would honestly like to know why he thinks that, as I don't see the connection.
You can't argue against that type of improvement (not trying to addict people), but he is saying more than that.
I was commenting on the way the article was written, and like I said, the subculture, which I find to be something like a gen-y technological adaptation of traditional elitism, as much as the content.
Sure, we might as well continue refining our app consuming experience, but at a certain point you might look outside of your fine app dining establishment and notice how many malnourished kids are standing around.
In other words, once you get to a certain level of refinement and convenience, you should realize that there are more substantive problems.
Having said that, I have to say that it also exemplifies an attitude and culture that is disconnected from reality.
There are still many hard fundamental problems and wheels being reinvented on the web and in technology in general. Many of our popular tools are obviously severely lacking. We should solve those problems rather than wallowing in decadent perfectionism.
Beyond the web and apps, the planet is faced with brutal inequality as well as economic, ecological and philosophical crisis.
While I've accepted and enjoy my daily use of hundreds of times more resources than a significant portion of the population of the planet, and I am happy to stay in my privileged first world bubble, I have not let myself fall into dream-like state and forget what's outside of it.