The first “Your Computer Is On Fire” essay, the second part of the “Introductions” section. Written by Mar Hicks. Bottom line up front I rate this 3.2. A handful of insightful parallels to past disasters buried among a long-form version of May 2020’s liberal Twitter. Begins summarizing some of the worst of all of the usual suspects. Ends with a call for regulation, unionization, and protest. Summary This one will age like milk....
The titular essay from Thomas S Mullaney’s book “Your computer is on fire”. The book itself is a collection of arguments about how awful computing is for the environment. Bottom line up front I rate this 2.3. 8 pages of directors-cut feeling intro, the radio edit would only include the punchy bits of the first paragraph and the first half of the last paragraph. Summary Thomas is writing to me. Right out of the gate, he compares himself to a Luddite and then provides examples of excuses I would use to hand-wave away issues....