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Re: What is it like to be a smartphone?

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"Our pets are amusing" - Dust SF. Two intelligent Alexa-like devices maneuver their "owners" into hooking up.

This reminds me of the question: did we domesticate wheat, or did wheat domesticate us? Did we domesticate cats, or did cats domesticate us?

Thus is the nature of the feedback loop.

Re: What is it like to be a smartphone?

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post #7
post #5

"Our pets are amusing" - Dust SF. Two intelligent Alexa-like devices maneuver their "owners" into hooking up.

This reminds me of the question: did we domesticate wheat, or did wheat domesticate us? Did we domesticate cats, or did cats domesticate us? Thus is the nature of the feedback loop.

I studied dogs quite a bit (informal academia (course audits, etc)), and I firmly believe they domesticated us instead of the other way around.
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