“An unnerving element of this gadget (iPhone) is that it is haunted by a weird set of unpredictable user interface delays. One’s mind waits for the response to the press of a virtual button, but it doesn’t come for a while. An odd tension builds during that moment… It’s the ghost of UNIX, still refusing to accommodate the rhythms of my body and my mind.. the idea that a symbol is more important than the flow of time and the underlying continuity of experience.” Jaron Lanier from You are not a Gadget
(Source: nevver)
