When Homer wrote about Odysseus, he gave him tools too: a raft, Athena’s advice, the bag of winds.

[daojoan@mastodon.social]

When Homer wrote about Odysseus, he gave him tools too: a raft, Athena’s advice, the bag of winds.

But Odysseus had to row, to scheme, to improvise.

Modern tools ask much, much less.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/personal-agency-inflation

[filobus@sociale.network]

@Daojoan new tools also have a lot of dependencies
If you haven't a recent smartphone, a connection, an ai system that can build information for you, you cannot have the service you need
We have built a world that relies on many services, if one fails, all that can stop working