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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 2

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Kendric Tonn

      1/ short thread this reminds me of a detail in a book (perhaps The Psychology of Everyday Things, now renamed to The Design of...) where we had office garbage cans, we didn't put sticky things in them, we added liners, we DID put sticky things in, but staff reuses the liner >>https://twitter.com/kendrictonn/status/1477706199739027456 …

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      Kendric Tonn @kendrictonn
      I miss, from young adulthood, a... let's call it a capacity to make plans with people that, afaict, has been eliminated by ubiquitous contact. https://twitter.com/anaismitchell/status/1477352871146528787 …
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 2

      2/ so the affordance of the liner bag ("attention user! you MAY dump stick things here") is a bit of a lie, and "progress" results in backsliding, where people follow the implicit promise and thus behave less well, creating negative externalities

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 2

      3/ so too with ubiquitous communication tech. The implicit promise is "you can update / change plans at any time you want"...and the negative externality is that (a) people do, and (b) others have to monitor devices and constantly renegotiate plans.

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        2. E. Darwin Hartshorn ⳩  🦬‏ @VidyaDragon Jan 2
          Replying to @MorlockP

          I remember hearing they had to walk back some safety tech on airplanes because if a pilot feels too safe, he will fly more recklessly whether he intends to or not. But I'm not super sure of this memory.

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        3. Scholar-At-Arms‏ @scholaratarms Jan 2
          Replying to @VidyaDragon @MorlockP

          I believe this purely because I drive more recklessly on a car with more safety features.

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        1. Will Hinsa‏ @willhinsa Jan 2
          Replying to @MorlockP

          You see this in video game development. Because you can update the game at any time, there’s very little incentive to finish the game for day of release. Everything is “day 1” including major pieces of content and fixing game breaking bugs.

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        2. Stephen G‏ @circlemakerain Jan 2
          Replying to @MorlockP

          I just ran into a situation like this with a kids bday party. The mother sent an email with important information an hour before the party! (Bring item X). I guarantee 90% of the guests did not get the message...

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        3. Stephen G‏ @circlemakerain Jan 2
          Replying to @circlemakerain @MorlockP

          Interesting only to me perhaps but this also is an illustration of a difference in the anglo/non anglo populations in my community. If I planned a party and sent out important info the morning of, I would have three generations of ancestors screaming at me in my head...

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        1. Todd Barrett‏ @thepiclord Jan 2
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          I will say that it is a definite improvement on setting the plans, and then the other party or parties don't arrive for half an hour, and all you can do is wonder which of myriad reasons caused a no-show. Nowadays if people no-show you can assume you're being ghosted.

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