This ain't the singularity

Courtesy That Other Paper  Fri, 06/13/2008 - 9:15am

I’m surrounded by people who think the world is changing because Amazon released an e-book reader called the Kindle and because Apple released a new, cheaper iPhone that supposedly will run faster.

Really, just search for “3G iPhone” and you’ll see, like, thousands of articles raving about the Second Coming of iPhone.

Are these technologies transforming our lives forever, or has the whole idea of world-changing technology finally become nothing more than an advertising jingle? photo / John Pastor Kindle ...


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