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Texting
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The more helpful our phones get, the harder it is to be ourselves. For everyone out there fighting to write idiosyncratic, high-entropy, unpredictable, unruly text, swimming upstream of spell-check and predictive auto-completion: Don't let them banalize you. Keep fighting.
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― The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
― The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
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What’s not so great is that all this technology is destroying our social skills. Not only have we given up on writing letters to each other, we barely even talk to each other. People have become so accustomed to texting that they’re actually startled when the phone rings. It’s like we suddenly all have Batphones. If it rings, there must be danger.
Now we answer, “What happened? Is someone tied up in the old sawmill?”
“No, it’s Becky. I just called to say hi.”
“Well you scared me half to deat
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― Seriously... I'm Kidding
― Seriously... I'm Kidding
Dating tips, advice, stories? I am a woman's dating coach and my book "Should I Text Him" will b…more
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