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In reply to the discussion: Short Attention Span [View all]

jfz9580m

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8. Thabks
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:50 AM
Aug 2025

This struck me in its wiki summary:

In the weeks and months after the attack, sporadic news gathered through an old but still-functioning vacuum tube radio receiver show that many major cities of the U.S. are in ruins and vast regions of the Continental United States are labeled by the government as off-limits "contaminated zones."


One of the most objectionable parts of modern technology is how little you need to understand to understand how things work.

I thought years ago that we would be a saner society if you had to know how things work in interesting ways (which to me almost always must involve the physical world not software. I code when I have to but I never found software very interesting) to use them. Our phones and computers are too easy to use. Or difficult to use entirely in annoying ways. Not cool puzzle solving but more like a zillion captchas to prove you are not a robot.

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Short Attention Span [View all] yankee87 Aug 2025 OP
I support post-apoplectic books jfz9580m Aug 2025 #1
I enjoyed Make Room! Make Room! The Blue Flower Aug 2025 #2
Thanks jfz9580m Aug 2025 #3
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2025 #7
Thabks jfz9580m Aug 2025 #8
You and I need to spend some time talking. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2025 #9
The Stand, by Stephen King rickyhall Aug 2025 #4
That's always been one of my favorites FoxNewsSucks Aug 2025 #5
The unedited version was bloated and boring. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2025 #10
Not sure how many pages, FoxNewsSucks Aug 2025 #6
I assume you read the classic from 1959 by Pat Frank... Pluvious Aug 2025 #11
Damage Time OrwellwasRight Aug 30 #12
Thank you yankee87 Aug 30 #13
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