The Forbidden Truth About Analog Technology.

The problem with this is that one has to remember that much digital technology has been optimized for the convenience of the surveilleurs and the MBAs, and not for the average folks who will use it.

Is a lot of digital tech inferior to its analog counterparts when we had different priorities? Absolutely. Is this some inherent feature of digital tech? No, not at all. Welsh acknowledges this a bit, to be fair, but we get what we optimize for. This is a choice. Always a choice, even if people fervently insist on some false teleology.