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> [Technology isn't simply addictive - it's addictive because it's a servant to business incentives. There are huge departments in these companies that are devoted to this and staffed by incredibly talented people who have skills that could be put to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/technology-isn-t-simply-addictive-it-s-addictive-because-it-s-a/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/astra-taylor-9450_beneficial_technology-isn-t-simply-addictive-it-s-a_972026.jpg)

> [One consequence of this is that people are expected to make it on their own by chasing clicks or building a brand. What a diminished vision that is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/one-consequence-of-this-is-that-people-are-expected-to-make-it-on/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/astra-taylor-9450_brands_one-consequence-of-this-is-that-people-a_2203313.jpg)

## More by Astra Taylor

> [One connection I see between the work I did on philosophy and my work on technology is that both communities tend to mystify and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/one-connection-i-see-between-the-work-i-did-on-philosophy-and-my-work/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [“wealth and power are shifting to those who control the platforms on which all of us create, consume, and connect. The companies that provide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/wealth-and-power-are-shifting-to-those-who-control-the-platforms-on/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [It's very complicated. There's been this broader mechanism, an industry, which wants people to use free services, from the old days of advertising-supported papers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/it-s-very-complicated-there-s-been-this-broader-mechanism-an-industry/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [“Though it’s hard to believe now, newspapers were once the envy of the business world. Through the eighties and nineties, 20, 30, even 40…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/though-it-s-hard-to-believe-now-newspapers-were-once-the-envy-of-the/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [Those who applaud social production and networked amateurism, the colorful cacophony that is the Internet, and the creative capacities of everyday people to produce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/those-who-applaud-social-production-and-networked-amateurism-the/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [“The rub is that over the intervening years we have somehow deceived ourselves into believing that this state of insecurity and inequity is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/the-rub-is-that-over-the-intervening-years-we-have-somehow-deceived/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [There's something odd about telling people, artists, that they need to work for free to be pure while you're sitting there getting a salary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/there-s-something-odd-about-telling-people-artists-that-they-need-to/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [“Instead of distinct old and new media, what we have is a complex cultural ecosystem that spans the analog and digital, encompassing physical places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/instead-of-distinct-old-and-new-media-what-we-have-is-a-complex/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [Art and culture are nonetheless vital, essential even, to what it means to be human, yet digital abundance has diminished our sense of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/art-and-culture-are-nonetheless-vital-essential-even-to-what-it-means/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [First we need to rethink the terms and recognize that we've imported this language from the technocratic class, from Silicon Valley, that talks about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/first-we-need-to-rethink-the-terms-and-recognize-that-we-ve-imported/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [I'd go to conference after conference and it would essentially be the talking points. Either pro or con. It's amazing how polarized the tech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/i-d-go-to-conference-after-conference-and-it-would-essentially-be-the/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [We've been criticizing these superficial aspects, like whether we are all more distracted. We really need to articulate a defense, a critique, that merges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/we-ve-been-criticizing-these-superficial-aspects-like-whether-we-are/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [I try to look at the evolution of these utopian claims. In the late '60s there was an assumption that the wealth generated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/i-try-to-look-at-the-evolution-of-these-utopian-claims-in-the-late/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [The market won't let us treat all data equally because there's a potential to make huge gobs of money not doing that. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/the-market-won-t-let-us-treat-all-data-equally-because-there-s-a/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

> [My point, though, is that if lines have indeed shifted, it's not so much that the younger generation just doesn't care, it's that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astra-taylor/my-point-though-is-that-if-lines-have-indeed-shifted-it-s-not-so-much/)

[Astra Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astra-taylor/)

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