It seems like technology that allows more direct execution of your specific intention gets rid of a lot of serendipity (e.g. another cover catching your eye while you search for a specific book, being forced to interact with unfamiliar people in your immediate vicinity instead of being able to call your existing friends all the time.) We can probably reproduce this with good design, but this loss is at least partially inherent to improving the ability to directly get what you want, so we’d have to pay a collective price for it.
It seems like technology that allows more direct execution of your specific intention gets rid of a lot of serendipity (e.g. another cover catching your eye while you search for a specific book, being forced to interact with unfamiliar people in your immediate vicinity instead of being able to call your existing friends all the time.) We can probably reproduce this with good design, but this loss is at least partially inherent to improving the ability to directly get what you want, so we’d have to pay a collective price for it.