Linkspam: classism and "digital detox"; comparative timelines

[firecat]

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116618/technologys-mindfulness-racket
"the act of unplugging falls somewhere between wearing vintage clothes and consuming artisanal cheese"

http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/08/putting-time-in-perspective.html
"It's hard to picture how a microbe evolved into a fish—the answer is that 3 billion years is a lot of time to work with."

Comments

[stardreamer]

The "mindfulness" article seems to be recommending something very similar to the approach I take to technology -- make IT work for YOU, rather than letting it make YOU work for IT. And I've been taking that approach since the first time I got an answering machine and started screening my phone calls.

[firecat]

Yep. I love that about answering machines. :)