The Case for Worse

Worse is fewer features. It's technology that does what you need and not what you want. Worse is being hard to reach.

Worse is degraded video signals, chopped up books, and distorted photo copies.

Worse is figuring out what looks good on your beat-up black and white printer.

Worse is your dad's obtuse calculator that always confused you as a kid. It's the PDA a friend thrifted for you that still has dozens of contacts and cryptic diary entries.

Worse is a paper puzzle that doesn't say when you solved it.

Worse is crying a bit over xkcd #3172 and just sitting with it cause there's no like button.

Worse is being happy with less convenience and less indulgence when your conscience requires it.

Worse is valuing your own thoughts no matter how fast, smart, or cheap machine thoughts have become.

Worse is a physical world that's more interesting than the digital one.