Finished Re-reading: Neuromancer by William Gibson 📚

It’s still incredible to read just how many futuristic things Gibson accurately described way back in 1982 but the accuracy that stood out most in this read is how thoroughly wealth can destroy peoples' humanity.

“The kid who tries to run Blender on a Chromebook doesn’t learn that his machine can’t handle it. He learns that Google decided he’s not allowed to. Those are completely different lessons.”

• Sam Henri Gold, This Is Not The Computer For You

I read this thinking of my daughter’s untaught hatred for her school Chromebook and how quickly she figured out the school forms to drop it for an ancient MacBook Air that she still refuses to let me replace.

Well that’s not good! 😰

angelic chorus sound

The first spring bird of this year sang atop our chimney, filling the house with its happy sound.