“I guess it’s like Steve Jobs always said: ‘We’re going to build a bicycle for the mind . . . and then we’re going to crush the bicycle in a 2-ton press, just flatten it right in front of you, so you can feel our destructive power. Take that, bicycle lovers. You all suck.’”
I did a https://techtonic.fm show on emergency alerts a few months back, after the Maui fires. Smartphone alerts are inferior to the old radio-frequency alerts because of range and resilience.. but fewer people listen to radio these days.
"The Luddites were right. The concentration of money and power is a perverting force. Google’s corruption exemplifies the problem. I’ll join Brian Merchant in saying: I’m a Luddite. You should be one, too."
Host of Techtonic on WFMU: https://techtonic.fm .. Projects and bio at https://creativegood.com .. anti-Big Tech, pro-everyone who's trying to make tech better.