"Now, take out your favorite Magical And Revolutionary Technology Device. Use it for a bit. What did you feel? Did it feel glassy? Did it have no connection whatsoever with the task you were performing? I call this technology Pictures Under Glass. Pictures Under Glass sacrifice all the tactile richness of working with our hands, offering instead a hokey visual facade."

Brett Victor - A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (via bashford)

He’s not incorrect. But we gain as well as lose. When you think about technology, don’t think about loss or gains. You’ll just end up either angry or glassy-eyed. Think about change instead, because what’s going on isn’t anything you can control, and to judge what you cannot control is to lose contact with the world.