Can mobile tech actually stimulate altruism by developing fresh ways for us to help each other?I’ve outsourced my memory. I haven’t had the need or inclination to remember a phone number,aside from my own, since the discovery of speed dial on my first Nokia 3000. In the 90s I would never cycle around London without a trusty printed map and would frequently haul my 35mm SLR and Mini-VHS cameras on holidays to capture sunsets and memories.
Now, or my smartphone contains everything I need: contacts,messaging, photos – even apps to make 70s retro snaps and low-fi 80s VHS videos. Meanwhile copper telecoms thread, or the raw fabric of our connected life,is being transformed into gallery exhibits by Alice Anderson. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com