Silicon Superstitions
Jef Raskin wishes you to ask yourself a simple question: in your interaction with technology, is what you do based on fact and observation or on some superstition? He makes a great observation that demonstrates just how crazy people tend to be. Ever tried to do something on the computer and had no luck? Then when help arrives, you repeat the steps to demonstrate the error, and ... remarkably, with someone looking over your shoulder, it all goes right.
Although our world is technologically advance -- our tools becoming more and more complex, humans haven't advanced along with technology progress. We're the same as the people who invented elaborate explanations for everyday occurrences we couldn't explain. With advances continuing, we're becoming less and less capable of understanding our technology -- so much so, that technology is becoming magic.
Although our world is technologically advance -- our tools becoming more and more complex, humans haven't advanced along with technology progress. We're the same as the people who invented elaborate explanations for everyday occurrences we couldn't explain. With advances continuing, we're becoming less and less capable of understanding our technology -- so much so, that technology is becoming magic.
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