clarity flowerswhat about computing makes it worth saving
Devine Lu Linvega@clarity arts, music, communication, games, maths, navigation, education
@neauoire most of these got along fine before computers imo, but communication/knowledge sharing really does feel like the truly novel thing here
@neauoire idk I think a lot about how computers were built to calculate missile trajectories and the internet was built as a collapse-resilient communication network with the long-term preservation of the nation-state in mind. I don’t have any conclusions or admonitions here, it just troubles me
@clarity it seems to go that way for a lot of things, especially with transport. I get to sail all day, but I realize that it wasn't originally intended for leisure, or even personal transport. It's good to be conscious of that, but I also do not know how to square with this history either. Are we squandering these immensely costly inventions? most definitely.