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The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going outside.... →
The only reason we don't notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies - pencils, paper, electric... →
If you, or any public-spirited programmer, wanted to figure out what the software on your machine is really doing, tough luck. It's illegal to... →
A huge amount of our everyday thinking - powerful, creative, and resonant stuff - is done socially: talking to other people, arguing with them... →
Politicians or pundits can distort or cherry-pick climate science any way they want to try and gain temporary influence with the public. But any... →
Truly huge artistic collaboration on the Internet seems to work only if the gang has a well-defined objective.
The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but that was a huge hassle. The computer revolution... →
A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't.
More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or to see how they work.
No consumer product improves more drastically, year after year, than the computer.
Ambient awareness is the experience of knowing what's going on in the lives of other people - what they're thinking about, what they're... →
The one complaint about the Internet that I wholeheartedly endorse is that most of these tools have been designed to peck at us like ducks: 'Hey... →
When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're truly... →
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