The Electric Typewriter

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26th Jun

Liking Is for Cowards

by Jonathan Franzen

Do I need to point out that - absent some wild, anthropomorphizing projection in which my BlackBerry felt sad about the waning of my love for it - our relationship was entirely one-sided? Let me point it out anyway.

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    The whole article from which I quoted earlier. Recommended if your interested in technology and how it shapes human to...
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    Franzen keeps that shit real. Good read.
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    by Jonathan Franzen Do I need to point out that - absent some wild, anthropomorphizing projection in which my BlackBerry...
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    i am reblogging this without even reading this motherfucker on the strength of the title alone
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