I'm Bored of It: The Ubiquitous Tech We Can't Escape
2025-04-04
The author expresses profound weariness with a pervasive technology, highlighting its dehumanizing effects and questioning its very existence. It's characterized by garbage in, garbage out, unwanted by the public yet championed by the brightest minds focused on user adoption. Shareholders and policymakers alike succumb to its pressure, its operation demanding immense energy and water resources. Media coverage swings wildly between glorification and condemnation, with endless conversations and personal usage anecdotes dominating discourse. The author subtly alludes to the technology, confessing a feeling of guilt associated with its use. The pervasiveness itself is the source of the author's exhaustion.
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