{"id":21763,"date":"2026-01-29T05:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/what-technology-takes-from-us-and-how-to-take-it-back\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T05:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:37:16","slug":"what-technology-takes-from-us-and-how-to-take-it-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/what-technology-takes-from-us-and-how-to-take-it-back\/","title":{"rendered":"What technology takes from us \u2013 and how to take it back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out \u2013 but it\u2019s going to take collective effort<\/p>\n

Summer after summer, I used to descend into a creek that had carved a deep bed shaded by trees and lined with blackberry bushes whose long thorny canes arced down from the banks, dripping with sprays of fruit. Down in that creek, I\u2019d spend hours picking until I\u00a0had\u00a0a few gallons of berries, until my hands and wrists were covered in scratches from the thorns and stained purple from the juice, until the tranquillity of\u00a0that place had soaked into me.<\/p>\n

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\nDecisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out \u2013 but it\u2019s going to take collective effort
\nSummer after summer, I used to descend into a creek that had carved a deep bed shaded by trees and lined with blackberry bushes whose long thorny canes arced down from the banks, dripping with sprays of fruit. Down in that creek, I\u2019d spend hours picking until I\u00a0had\u00a0a few gallons of berries, until my hands and wrists were covered in scratches from the thorns and stained purple from the juice, until the tranquillity of\u00a0that place had soaked into me. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out \u2013 but it\u2019s going to take collective effort Summer after summer, I used to descend into a creek that had carved a deep bed shaded by trees and lined with blackberry …<\/p>\n

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