The urge to join groups is a natural human desire. Evolutionarily speaking, our babies fared better if we surrounded ourselves with helping hands. But even today when you can survive as a loner, there’s something intoxicating about being part of an experience that’s larger than oneself.

    Politics, religion, sports, bands — these are the tents under which we typically congregate. Allah, Judas Priest, the Cubs, sure. But smartphones? It seems sort of hard to believe that a graham cracker-sized computer that’s supposed to be a tool, a means to an end, could somehow deliver the same level of ecstatic experience. That it could be powerful enough to feel like a movement.



thenewgreen:

Interesting, but even more interesting was the UI on that article. What's up with things populating as I scroll down. What advantage is there to them not being there to begin with? Is it just to be neat and gimmicky or is there a function I'm missing?

btw, I'm not a "fanboy" of anything except the Beatles and Wilco and perhaps Belle & Sebastian. -Music. I do like my apple computers but I like my Dell as well. Both have their advantages. I've never owned an android phone.

You a fanboy JTB?


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