Derek Pennycuff

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finally, Wendell Berry's standards for technological innovation--truly as relevant now as they were in 1987 #othernetworks

Hi, everyone! After unintentionally hibernating through the winter, I published two new issues of Overmorrow, my newsletter about technology and my problematic relationship with it.

It's a mix of reactions to the news, nostalgia, and the occasional review. Often as not it's just rants about AI.

I'm going to try to be more regular about publishing again, and I would really appreciate it if you would boost this, check it out, and if you like what you see, subscribe.

https://overmorrow.tech/

Street Art by Nme – A Collection (8 photos): https://streetartutopia.com/2021/08/30/street-art-by-nme/
some of you on here have never teleported to a waffle house and it shows
Have you ever...
Used a telephone book
Spoken to a (human) telephone operator
Reversed charges on a call
Made a call from pay phone / phone box
Received a call on a pay phone / phone box
Used a phone card
Dialled from one exchange to another to route a call
Used a rotary dial phone
Poll ends at .
This isn't hyperbole. This is where we actually are.

The fact that we are *not* seeing wildly improving software all around us tells us everything we need to know.

There is no flourishing of value delivery, new product categories, more needs being satisfied better. It’s the opposite.

All we are seeing is decreases in quality, because πŸ‘ code πŸ‘ creation πŸ‘ is not πŸ‘ the problem.

Let's get this party started with Grendel playing β€œOut Of My Mindβ€œ off of...say it with me...TIMEWAVE ZERO

https://www.ynotradio.net/

The real "wavestopper" that will protect your brain is a robust ad blocker, and get off of facebook.

If I say that ads give out brainrot waves would people be more excited about this?