главный вопрос жизни, вселенной и всего такого
10:01 | 03-03-2013 | Culturology, Internet | No Comments
цитата раз:
Thinking about Google over the last week, I have fallen into the typically procrastinatory habit of every so often typing the words “what is” or “what” or “wha” into the Google search box at the top right of my computer screen. Those prompts are all the omnipotent engine needs to inform me of the current instant top 10 of the virtual world’s most urgent desires. At the time of typing, this list reads, in descending order:
What is the fiscal cliff
What is my ip
What is obamacare
What is love
What is gluten
What is instagram
What does yolo mean
What is the illuminati
What is a good credit score
What is lupusIt is a list that indicates anxieties, not least the ways in which we are restlessly fixated with our money, our bodies and our technology – and paranoid and confused in just about equal measure.
цитата два:
Is there a better snapshot of the current awkward relationship between technology and humans than Google autocomplete?
все так, разве что эти отношения куда шире, чем единственно противостояние технологии и человека — наоборот, это чудесный слепок в любой данный момент времени, универсальный культурологический срез: кто мы, где и зачем?