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hi ~detritus
For me, I fell into a Computer Science "versus" Nature mindset some time ago, and I found it to be *like* a dicothomy, but actually a "quasi" false choice ("quasi" because there is not actually a choice to it at all - Nature wins all-out, nothing anyone can do about it - (also there is no equivalent to nature, so a dicothomy can't exist in this respect). HOWEVER, the mindset of this (tech v nature) is recurring for me, but, I acknowledge that I respect and admire the natural world (some lack this admiration, which is unfortunate). Some things I like, and like to learn/amuse myself with, are sites like 100r.co, Low Tech Magazine, the small computing movement (not just Smol Web), permacomputing, and longevity-focused CS topics that address consolidating the (sad) reality of built-in obsolescence and Collapse Informatics.
Albeit, these are cutting losses, in the long and short term. The best way to state my view on it ("tech v nature", or (better) "Nature with tech") is to quote Ray Jardine: "if given the choice between Nature and technology, choose nature. Because technology will let you down".
~bartender, another espresso please. Sun comes up soon and I want to be ready for it :)
to quote Ray Jardine: "if given the choice between Nature and technology, choose nature. Because technology will let you down".
That's a great way to say it, and I often forget just how much frustration computers can cause me. And yet, they are marvelous toys!
To be fair, much of the problem about technology is not so much an inherent one as is one of sprawling complexity and, as you have mentioned, planned obsolescence, the latter a good reminder not to buy new computers at all!
Nature wins all-out, nothing anyone can do about it - (also there is no equivalent to nature, so a dicothomy can't exist in this respect).
This, too. In the end, Nature is always bound to win the match, and there really isn't a choice between one or the other. If I chose computers, I would have to be buying new computers all the time. The reason I wanted to buy another computer is because my old little hackbook is quite beaten. Perhaps it's better for me to repair it and fight the currents of planned obsolescence.
Being myself a rather technical person, who likes to play with formal systems and stuff like that, most of my interest has actually been directed towards mathematics, languages, and other such complex systems, ones that are not actually bound to technology. However, I am still using technology to learn about them, as I have already said.
Anyway, thank you for reminding me that I would do a lot better repairing my failing devices, instead of running the treadmill of planned obsolescence. After all, I have plenty of stuff outside of the computer to keep me busy without having to be enslaved to these devilish devices!