The power of nothing
All the same, in our post-truth era, the most tangible realities seem to have become those most easily defined by ignorance, in part because the great thing about untruths is that arguing against them makes you look too cool for school, no one likes you and you have no friends. “What are you? Some kind of liberal?”
Ignorance is bliss, and people seeking to hang onto their quiet lives stay quiet, leaving headline writers free to appeal to prejudice because it’s easier than educating, illuminating, or campaigning for their audiences. I considered this while reaching for the empty space on my shelves where my Vision Pro headset would almost certainly sit if Apple had done the right thing and sent one to me for “research purposes” (It’s not too late – Ed.).
“This is just electricity,” I imagine saying in a scathing tone as I fling the expensive headset to the ground. “There’s nothing new here,” I might spit, making a disappointed click and muttering about Marconi. Of course, even electricity probably started with a single, flint-driven spark.
This story originally appeared on Computerworld
