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          .@tinysubversions I'm thinking about the Cortana example. Something about the way we build tech to mimic fake future tech.
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        Because that's the way that future tech looks! But the fake future tech was designed with very different constraints and motivations.
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      Like, Minority Report UIs, which look great on a movie screen, and feature big expressive, tiring, gestures.
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    I mean, all technology is explained via metaphor to the previous generation. But you've really got to be careful what sneaks through.
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      I mean, fuck building our future workplace tools in the image of a fake 50s secretary.