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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Feb 16

    Opinion: All the personal tasks in our lives are being made easier. But at what cost?http://nyti.ms/2ExWk5K 

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      2. Novafan23‏ @Novafan23 Feb 18
        Replying to @nytimes

        The tyranny of Convenience has also caused us to not truly know how anything works. We don't have configure things out, we just ask Google or ask Alexa. We don't have to understand how to do anything, we just have it done. We are putting ourselves at an intellectual disadvantage

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      3. Dead Sea Squirrel‏ @the_ns Feb 18
        Replying to @Novafan23 @nytimes

        It's immensely frustrating to watch the middle- and high school-level students I tutor unable to navigate a dictionary because they've been spoiled by apps and search engines that provide them with immediate results.

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      2. Novafan23‏ @Novafan23 Feb 18
        Replying to @nytimes

        Great article. As a #millennial I can fully admit we live in a world where we've over-prioritozed convenience to the detriment of hard work and thinking. We expect everything to just do it and do it NOW. The statement that the only the skill is multi-tasking is 100% correct.

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      3. Novafan23‏ @Novafan23 Feb 18
        Replying to @Novafan23 @nytimes

        That being said, there is 100% a time and place where convince is good (surgery, stopping crime, etc) but do we really NEED or benefit from having a drone drop off our packages. Do we need or benefit from having ALEXA do everything for us?

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      2. neil turkewitz‏ @neilturkewitz Feb 17
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        I was actually agreeing with Tim Wu (a rarity) on the dehumanizing effects of convenience, and then he had to go and ruin it w/a ridiculous retelling of Napster. Why did people stop using Napster? Well, it was illegal for one. Because we don’t celebrate the convenience of theft?pic.twitter.com/525ipmGLRh

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      1. roque (ロク)‏ @roquesullivan Feb 18
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        For someone writing from such a narrow, privileged, ableist perspective, this sure uses “we” and “us” a lot. Not all of us have the luxury of rejecting things that make life easier.

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      1. Rachel Globus‏ @mediajunkette Feb 18
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        The problem with convenience isn't that it makes us dull. It's that the value has all gone to the 1%. With all the automation & efficiency that exists today, none of us should have to work, thus freeing us to pursue enriching endeavors like climbing mtns. Or just call us lazy 🙄

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      1. Matthew Breitzmann‏ @matthewbreitzm1 Feb 17
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        Best article! As humans, we need some form of struggle to derive pleasure and meaning from our existence.

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      1. Celia Maria de Souza‏ @Celi4M4ri4 Feb 16
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        Se fosse uma desse tamanho, matava, e nós estaríamos livres....

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      1. duhknees‏ @duhknees Feb 16
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        I don't need Alexa to turn down the temperature for me. Sometimes that walk to the thermostat is the only exercise I get.

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      1. NYTscreams‏ @NYTscreams Feb 16
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        .@nytimespic.twitter.com/3UuGWMUwpQ

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      2. chemmes‏ @chemmes Feb 16
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        I use a Keurig every morning ... 👀. I put my garbage in trash bags @ the curb ...recycle also ...I use about 1000 paper plates a week ... I do make my own breakfast however... Just bought a copper chef pan ... Its all simple .. I confess

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      3. chemmes‏ @chemmes Feb 16
        Replying to @chemmes @nytimes

        Oh yes ... I always roast in aluminum pans.... haha

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      1. Doug Lambert‏ @DougLambert13 Feb 16
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        Read 'The Progress Paradox,' by Gregg Easterbrook.

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      1. Mike‏ @MikeEatsMiami Feb 16
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        One of the more thought provoking and important essays I have read by The Times in awhile.

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      1. HappyGoLucky‏ @NotScaredof40 Feb 16
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        Thx for this! Am watching people give up privacy just 2 have a box switch on the light. I wonder: Is it really that hard 2 get up & turn on the lights? Is it worth giving up ur privacy? How can we seriously complain about NSA & give up our privacy for #NASDAQ companies?!

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      1. iamtheMAGAbot‏ @iamtheMAGAbot Feb 16
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        #MAGA opinionful: all the tasksful in our livesful are being made. but at what costful?

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