Making Quieter Technology
7th August 2022
Technology’s default mode is to constantly call for my attention. Attention is engagement, engagement is profit.
And thus a big chunk of the economy devotes itself to grabbing my attention by increasingly coercive means. It took considerable effort to get technology to just shut the fuck up.
This is what this post is about; making technology quieter, and building a healthier relationship with it.
Hear, hear.