tom brandt
Vonnegut got it
Dec 3, 2023 at 4:26pmWeb
Show threadinterstarDec 3, 2023
@twbrandt clearly he didn't predict TikTok
Show threadStudio 8502 Dec 3, 2023
@twbrandt I don’t understand why anyone would want to deal with all that bullshit, but if it made him happy, then good.
Show threadAlexander DyasDec 3, 2023
@twbrandt “Efficiency is the enemy of social life”
Show threadjnpnDec 3, 2023
@twbrandt I wonder when the economy will realize .. probably too late
Show thread𝕵𝖔𝖍𝖆𝖓 ⛧Dec 3, 2023
@twbrandt Same idea in three words:
Show threadvx. kit redgrave ✅🍬Dec 5, 2023
@twbrandt as a computer person, this is why i try to come up with an errand to run every day, even if it's more frivolous than kurt vonnegut's reason. it's just to get me out of the house and out in the world, to remind me that there's life out there outside the abstractions
Show threadDec 5, 2023
@twbrandt

I love it when I go out and I see some great looking babies.

"these are fantastic babies" I say to their mothers. 
Show threadMike [SEC=OFFICIAL]Dec 5, 2023
@twizzay @twbrandt that's perfect Vonnegut phrasing right there.
Show threadNiceMicroDec 5, 2023

@twbrandt don't even get me started. I wanted to go out to the hardware store to buy me a few bolts and nuts, and all the local ones told me that "we don't sell those anymore, go to the big box store at the end of the world or get them on line". And while I don't mind going out for a walk to buy stuff, I wasn't going to take the subway just for this.

So, I ordered the bolts, nuts and a few small stuff on line, some of which will come from China.

Show threadAeáro, a SeaWyrm Dec 5, 2023

@twbrandt

I think the good computer people understand this extremely well. (Though there may be a current scarcity of good computer people.)

Show threadFlorencio CanoDec 5, 2023
@twbrandt this the paradox: computers can keep us away from dancing, but they also have the capability of giving us more for it. As any tool, computers don't dictate how we behave (at least not yet), humans do.