Opinion Tracy Kidder's groundbreaking 1981 "The Soul of the Machine" book described the speed at which Data General's Eclipse MV/8000 mini-computer was launched. The "soul" consisted of the engineers who brought the machine to life. Today, however, we realize the machine, which now dominates us, has no soul. Robert Sterling expresses our frustration for us. (Robert Sterling’s cry against the machine with no soul was first posted on Twitter at https://x.com/RobertMSterling/status/1889097312103747776.) --- I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive I don’t want to download an app... Read more →
Recent Comments