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Showing posts with label Arikia Millikan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arikia Millikan. Show all posts

Thursday, September 30, 2010

the saddest thing I have read in some time

Arikia Millikan:

Now, I am always connected to the Web. The rare exceptions to the rule cause excruciating anxiety. I work online. I play online. I have sex online. I sleep with my smartphone at the foot of my bed and wake up every few hours to check my email in my sleep (something I like to call dreamailing).

But it's not enough connectivity. I crave an existence where batteries never die, wireless connections never fail, and the time between asking a question and having the answer is approximately zero. If I could be jacked in at every waking hour of the day, I would, and I think a lot of my peers would do the same. So Hal, please hurry up with that Google implant. We're getting antsy.

There’s a name for this condition: Stockholm Syndrome.