Sunday, September 27, 2015

But who will speak for the iPhones? Siri, I guess.



In response to prompt

Stop Googling. Let’s Talk.

 

Grady Ward

New York City 

Professor Turkle--not hyperbolically--says "...but psychologically potent [Internet] devices that change not just what we do but who we are."

The power of instantly using a smart device to pin down the arrant fact at the time is is needed rather than l'esprit d'escalier has not only is making us better educated and socially coherent but an entirely new variety of sapiens, an augmented variety of human vastly more powerful in an information age than those without the technology at hand.

But "sapiens" means wisdom, which is more than a wreath of facts and is also the mulling and thoughtful simmering that Ms. Turkle is commending.

Reflection guided by facts. I am looking forward to the reconciliation.

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