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Robin Sloan
American • Author
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Showing 3 quotesI love the web, but man, I look at my browser, and there are, like, twenty tabs up there, all jostling for space and time, all framed by a mosaic of other apps, other work, other entertainment... so even when I really am paying attention to something on the web, there's this peripheral haze.— Robin Sloan
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Space
You can go as far back as fifth grade, and you will find me tinkering with media and computers, making things that are a little off the beaten track.— Robin Sloan
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Computers
Social systems have values - arguments baked into their design. For example, Twitter's core argument seems to be, 'Everything should be public, and messages should find the largest audience possible.' Snapchat's might be, 'Communication should be private and ephemeral.'— Robin Sloan
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Communication