Richard Linder, "Boy with Machine," 1954
Rushkoff writes about time. He believes that time was more immediate when someone answered a phone, and that the invention of email allowed people to take the time to respond to someone when they felt like it. I disagreed with this idea right away; I believe that people are connected all the time because I always have my technology present and I can tell from it when other people are also online. Rushkoff eventually got to my idea, and he called this phenomenon the "false goal of immediacy." I like this term. Everyone is connected , so people believe they are obligated to respond immediately.
Rushkoff also believes that humans are sending their memories onto machines. He claims that this causes our brains to remember less. I do agree with this; Machines help externalize our memories, so we don't need all the information in our head.
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