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Digital Quality of Life - by Reggie James

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It’s about quality of life in an electronic age. It’s a primer for a new life-style. …The right to stay in your pajamas. — Nicholas Negroponte I like trying to find truths around the question of “why are we all here?” And something I find interesting is the broad sense of “we don’t know where anything is going”-isms that I feel has tech people in a chokehold. The result of this is a lot of wandering about the desert, abandoning technology totally, an angst and lack of dedication to the work itself. In short the gripping fear of what if there was no there, there. I’m here to tell you that not only is there a there, there. But we are in the beginning of change for the better, if we care enough to fight for it. We all made our way to computers and the internet for many reasons. But I believe we all chose to work for this digital environment for a singular reason. The belief that it could be even better. We are all here to improve what Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder and chairman Emeritus

It’s about quality of life in an electronic age. It’s a primer for a new life-style. …The right to stay in your pajamas. — Nicholas Negroponte I like trying to find truths around the question of “why are we all here?” And something I find interesting is the broad sense of “we don’t know where anything is going”-isms that I feel has tech people in a chokehold. The result of this is a lot of wandering about the desert, abandoning technology totally, an angst and lack of dedication to the work itself. In short the gripping fear of what if there was no there, there. I’m here to tell you that…

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