Civic amenities of the future. A cartoon by John Klossner. #TNYcartoons by @ newyorkercartoons [https://www.instagram.com/newyorkercartoons]This calls to mind Watch Where You're Going [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/watch-where-youre-going/] and Cell Phone Lanes [http://mikeschultz.posthaven.com/cell-phone-lanes].…
> .@culbrich [https://twitter.com/culbrich] Heh. I showed the Web to poet Allen Ginsberg in 1997. "Thank God I don't know how to work this," he sighed. pic.twitter.com/jNeG81EMVD [https://t.co/jNeG81EMVD] — Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) October 26, 2016 [https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/…
> A German city installed traffic lights for texters. https://t.co/USqPpLjQxQ pic.twitter.com/Hknf1LwuyC [https://t.co/Hknf1LwuyC] — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) April 27, 2016 [https://twitter.com/SmithsonianMag/status/725372756787867648] Related: > Fast Lane [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/fast-lane-of-sorts/]…
> London bookshop Libreria is offering a refuge from the digital world https://t.co/wXTWbMWVua @BBC_Culture [https://twitter.com/BBC_Culture] pic.twitter.com/cTSUtBtxMg [https://t.co/cTSUtBtxMg] — BBC Future (@BBC_Future) April 24, 2016 [https://twitter.com/BBC_Future/status/724198899158777856] Here's news of…
> "We really aren't trying to be assholes." A Baked Joint bans computers and study material: https://t.co/ATaCHYvrqy pic.twitter.com/rsMEFcicmA [https://t.co/rsMEFcicmA] — City Paper (@wcp) March 28, 2016 [https://twitter.com/wcp/status/714550074831978496] [A Baked Joint](https://twitter.com/…
> Pope Francis condemns technology at the dinner table: https://t.co/R4I043zK5h — Mashable (@mashable) November 12, 2015 [https://twitter.com/mashable/status/664845390265622529] I'm knocked out by this, but the difficulty of the Pope's position is suggested by the first Tweet I saw in reply…
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> A German spa hotel will let you cut off all Wi-Fi and cellular signals in your room, so you can live in the moment http://t.co/04NEVz4XoU — Co.Exist (@FastCoExist) July 3, 2015 [https://twitter.com/FastCoExist/status/616877343462834176] I first heard of Villa Stephanie in [an editorial…