Why Is It That So Many Basic Things Don't Work As Well As They Used To?

Posted March 14, 2017

External Article: Mother Nature Network

Ian Bogost, professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in “Why Is It That So Many Basic Things Don't Work As Well As They Used To?” by Mother Nature Network.

Excerpt:

Ian Bogost at the Atlantic shares my frustrations, and writes: "So many ordinary objects and experiences have become technologized ... that they have also ceased to work in their usual manner. It’s common to think of such defects as matters of bad design. That’s true, in part. But technology is also more precarious than it once was. Unstable, and unpredictable."

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