Journal Sunday 11 April

So there's an online database. I don't know, of anything: music, photos, websites. There's a search box. The cursor's blinking.

And maybe it's just me, but my first reaction isn't pleasure. I don't feel empowered. I don't feel like an informed and enabled 21st century consumer. I feel irritation. Like there's a fly buzzing just out of eyeshot. And my mind goes blank.

Away from the box, the search form, the blinking cursor, I could tell you plenty of songs I wanted to hear, things I wanted to see, ideas I had. Here, I can't think of any of them. Here, in the face of infinite choice, all I feel is indecision.

I guess I didn't properly upgrade my brain or something. Right now, I can't really remember.




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