Comment on Computers Will Entertain Us to DeathComments−xibernetik14yThis reminds me a lot of this article: The Acceleration of Addictiveness (http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html).Same theme. It goes a little more into talking about societal implication; e.g. there'll be a divide in society as a result between the norm - "addiction" in some regards - and those who can/choose to stay unaddicted.−akkartik14yClay Shirky also describes 'society's collective bender' in more optimistic terms: http://google.com/search?q=cognitive+surplus
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This reminds me a lot of this article: The Acceleration of Addictiveness (http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html).
Same theme. It goes a little more into talking about societal implication; e.g. there'll be a divide in society as a result between the norm - "addiction" in some regards - and those who can/choose to stay unaddicted.
Clay Shirky also describes 'society's collective bender' in more optimistic terms: http://google.com/search?q=cognitive+surplus