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	Weizenbaum, J. (1976) ''Computer power and human reason: From Judgment to Calculation''. W H Freeman & Company.		Weizenbaum, J. (1976) ''Computer power and human reason: From Judgment to Calculation''. W H Freeman & Company.

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	Weizenbaum, J. (1976) ''Computer power and human reason: From Judgment to Calculation''. W H Freeman & Company.		Weizenbaum, J. (1976) ''Computer power and human reason: From Judgment to Calculation''. W H Freeman & Company.

	~~=== Extended Reading List ===~~
	~~''*Italics indicates an in progress or currently unread source''~~

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	=== Definitions ===		=== Definitions ===
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			Social Mortgage

	~~==== Social Mortgage ====~~		'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'
	~~<blockquote>~~'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'

	''-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --''</blockquote>A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).		-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --

	=~~===~~ Friction/less ~~====~~		A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).
	Building of the manifesto, ''Emoticons don't have Wrinkles'' (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), I am referring to the ideal and aesthetic of frictionless for the 'ideal' end user. I do feel an irony will emerge that having this easy access to information actually creates more friction in our lives. However, I do think it's important to note that modern consumer technology appears to remove many barriers (political and physical) to information.

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			Friction/less

			Building of the manifesto, Emoticons don't have Wrinkles (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), I am referring to the ideal and aesthetic of frictionless for the 'ideal' end user. I do feel an irony will emerge that having this easy access to information actually creates more friction in our lives. However, I do think it's important to note that modern consumer technology appears to remove many barriers (political and physical) to information.
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	=== References ===		=== References ===

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	<blockquote>'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'		<blockquote>'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'


	''-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --''</blockquote>A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).		''-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --''</blockquote>A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).

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	==== Friction/less ====		==== Friction/less ====
	Building of the manifesto, ''Emoticons don't have Wrinkles'' (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), I am referring to the ideal and aesthetic of frictionless for the 'ideal' end user. I do feel an irony will emerge that having this easy access to information actually creates more friction in our lives. However, I do think ~~its~~ important to note that modern consumer technology appears to remove many barriers (political and physical) to information.		Building of the manifesto, ''Emoticons don't have Wrinkles'' (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), I am referring to the ideal and aesthetic of frictionless for the 'ideal' end user. I do feel an irony will emerge that having this easy access to information actually creates more friction in our lives. However, I do think it's important to note that modern consumer technology appears to remove many barriers (political and physical) to information.

	=== References ===		=== References ===

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	<blockquote>'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'		<blockquote>'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'


	''-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --''</blockquote>A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).		''-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --''</blockquote>A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).

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	<blockquote>'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'		<blockquote>'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'

	''-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --''</blockquote>A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).		''-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --''</blockquote>A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).

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	In this section I plan to look at human stories around the topic. Starting with Googling what is better in productive contexts (which toaster should I buy, or price comparison) but also how the same idea of perfection move into efficient leisure (watching the film with the best reviews or which beach is the most beautiful). To explore how this '''frictionless''' aesthetic interweaves with societal values of efficiency and perfection, and it's resulting mortgages, I will present and discuss a series of personal anecdotes from others. Much of these will be gathered as outputs from workshops to do with my grad project, which explicitly asks for the sharing of Technological '''social mortgages'''.		In this section I plan to look at human stories around the topic. Starting with Googling what is better in productive contexts (which toaster should I buy, or price comparison) but also how the same idea of perfection move into efficient leisure (watching the film with the best reviews or which beach is the most beautiful). To explore how this '''frictionless''' aesthetic interweaves with societal values of efficiency and perfection, and it's resulting mortgages, I will present and discuss a series of personal anecdotes from others. Much of these will be gathered as outputs from workshops to do with my grad project, which explicitly asks for the sharing of Technological '''social mortgages'''.

	Through this section I aim to explore how hard it is to live in uncertainty (Star, ~~2016~~) and relate to difficulties to resisting technology (Ellul, 1964).		Through this section I aim to explore how hard it is to live in uncertainty (Star, 1990b) and relate to difficulties to resisting technology (Ellul, 1964).

	===== Chapter Three – The Future of Frictionless Knowledge =====		===== Chapter Three – The Future of Frictionless Knowledge =====

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	== Googling 'How should a person be?' ==		== Googling 'How should a person be?' ==
	[[File:Screenshot 2025-11-19 at 15.01.50.png\|thumb\|364x364px\|A screenshot from Even Realities website describing the capabilities of their new G2 AR glasses.]]		[[File:Screenshot 2025-11-19 at 15.01.50.png\|thumb\|364x364px\|A screenshot from Even Realities website describing the capabilities of their new G2 AR glasses. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrcgiKFOD0&t=8s See their 'zen' Demo.]]]
	<blockquote>“It feels incredibly easy to navigate to the airport without looking at mapping app but also strange without an authoritative app to calm my anxious travelling mind.”		<blockquote>“It feels incredibly easy to navigate to the airport without looking at mapping app but also strange without an authoritative app to calm my anxious travelling mind.”

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	This is also a common feeling I have when buying stuff online; Am I getting the right ThinkPad? Is 'Gen 1' better than 'Gen 2', or what about the AMD variation? That the ability to find 'perfect' answers, can seem in some ways all consuming. Once you know you could be doing something better, it is near impossible to not want to find out how. In other words, how does a Technological Society (Ellul, 1964) devalue instinct, prioritise efficiency and lead to automatism.		This is also a common feeling I have when buying stuff online; Am I getting the right ThinkPad? Is 'Gen 1' better than 'Gen 2', or what about the AMD variation? That the ability to find 'perfect' answers, can seem in some ways all consuming. Once you know you could be doing something better, it is near impossible to not want to find out how. In other words, how does a Technological Society (Ellul, 1964) devalue instinct, prioritise efficiency and lead to automatism.

	In this essay I want to map how we got to this point, how it feels to live with these kinds of technologies and explore how emerging technologies build on these values.~~<syntaxhighlight lang="text">~~		In this essay I want to map how we got to this point, how it feels to live with these kinds of technologies and explore how emerging technologies build on these values.
	~~Form~~

			===== Form =====
	This thesis will be an Essay with all the emotional and opinionated baggage that comes with that. While I will draw on theoretical sources, I want to err on the side of naivety and romanticism, to embrace sincerity and to advocate for values I believe in (spontaneity, human scale, prioritising local relationships). Throughout, I also plan to present first-hand research, gathered during public moments and other methods, to layer my opinions and experiences with others.		This thesis will be an Essay with all the emotional and opinionated baggage that comes with that. While I will draw on theoretical sources, I want to err on the side of naivety and romanticism, to embrace sincerity and to advocate for values I believe in (spontaneity, human scale, prioritising local relationships). Throughout, I also plan to present first-hand research, gathered during public moments and other methods, to layer my opinions and experiences with others.

	What I don't want to talk about		===== What I don't want to talk about =====

	I don't want to talk about whether the information the Internet provides is true or not. Neither do I wish to focus on if/how this access to knowledge serves political or economic interests. While I will often brush up against this topic, as they are a factor in adoption, normalisation, and maintenance of this technologically, I am more interested in our embodied experiences.		I don't want to talk about whether the information the Internet provides is true or not. Neither do I wish to focus on if/how this access to knowledge serves political or economic interests. While I will often brush up against this topic, as they are a factor in adoption, normalisation, and maintenance of this technologically, I am more interested in our embodied experiences.
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	<blockquote>'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'		<blockquote>'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'

	''-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --''</blockquote>A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).		''-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --''</blockquote>A term I took and remixed from 'The Real world of Technology' by Ursula Franklin (1990). It could be described as social harms or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term 'mortgage' is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn't immediately harm us immediately but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it's cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).

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	== Googling 'How should a person be?' ==		== Googling 'How should a person be?' ==
	[[File:Screenshot 2025-11-19 at 15.01.50.png\|thumb\|364x364px\|A screenshot from Even Realities website describing the capabilities of their new G2 AR glasses. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrcgiKFOD0&t=8s See their 'zen' Demo.]]]		[[File:Screenshot 2025-11-19 at 15.01.50.png\|thumb\|364x364px\|A screenshot from Even Realities website describing the capabilities of their new G2 AR glasses. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrcgiKFOD0&t=8s See their 'zen' Demo.]]]
	<blockquote>“It feels incredibly easy to navigate to the airport without looking at mapping app but also strange without an authoritative app to calm my anxious travelling mind.”		<blockquote>“It feels incredibly easy to navigate to the airport without looking at a mapping app but also strange without an authoritative app to calm my anxious travelling mind.”

	“When wild camping that night at lake ... start to panic that the camper is gonna roll down the hill. Putting stones under the tires, turning the wheel and putting the van in gear eventually calm my nerves. I know these half forgotten things can help stop a car from rolling ~~down a hill~~, but I still feel an urge to Google ~~my problem.~~ 'How to stop a camper van rolling down a hill Reddit'”.		“When wild camping that night at a lake ... I start to panic that the camper is gonna roll down the hill. Putting stones under the tires, turning the wheel and putting the van in gear eventually calm my nerves. I know these half forgotten things can help stop a car from rolling downhill, but I still feel an urge to Google, 'How to stop a camper van rolling down a hill Reddit'."

	“It's my birthday, we swim in the lake, finding our own path down to the water (more difficult than you would ~~suspect~~). I think a little about how if I had a phone I would look at different maps and forums to find us the perfect route to the perfect beach on this lake.”		“It's my birthday, we swim in the lake, finding our own path down to the water (more difficult than you would expect). I think a little about how if I had a phone I would look at different maps and forums to find us the perfect route to the perfect beach on this lake.”

	''-- Extracts from '[[User:Wordfa/Elimination Diet\|No Phone]]', A reflection I wrote on travelling without a phone. --''</blockquote>		''-- Extracts from '[[User:Wordfa/Elimination Diet\|No Phone]]', A reflection I wrote on travelling without a phone. --''</blockquote>

	=== Introduction ===		=== Introduction ===
	It may be common wisdom that more access to knowledge is inherently good, a positive force in this world. While acknowledging this, it can also be said that the Internet, and '''frictionless''' artefacts that permit us access, come with a 'an enormous '''social mortgage'''<nowiki/>' (Franklin, 1990). In this essay, I want to explore this '<nowiki/>'''social mortgage'''<nowiki/>'. How having the Internet at our fingertips changes how we trust ourselves. My thesis is that ''''frictionless'''<nowiki/>' authoritative devices such as smartphones both sooth our anxiety around making decisions but also are the cause that same anxiety. Or to put it another way, the way 'effortless' access to all human knowledge demands its own use.		It may be common wisdom that more access to knowledge is inherently good, a positive force in this world. While acknowledging this, it can also be said that the Internet, and the '''frictionless''' artefacts that permit us access, come with a 'an enormous '''social mortgage'''<nowiki/>' (Franklin, 1990). In this essay, I want to explore this '<nowiki/>'''social mortgage'''<nowiki/>'. How having the Internet at our fingertips changes how we trust ourselves. My thesis is that ''''frictionless'''<nowiki/>' authoritative devices, such as smartphones, both sooth our anxiety around making decisions but also are the cause that same anxiety. Or to put it another way, the way 'effortless' access to all human knowledge demands its own use.

	The impetus for this line of inquiry came in September, while I tried going on holiday without my phone. One of the themes that kept coming up, as illustrated above, was that I craved the authority of the internet, for someone to pat me on the back and confirm my first instinct.		The impetus for this line of inquiry came in September, while I tried going on holiday without my phone. One of the themes that kept coming up, as illustrated in the extracts above, was that I craved the authority of the internet, for someone to pat me on the back and confirm my first instinct.

	This is also a common feeling I have when buying stuff online; Am I getting the right ThinkPad? Is 'Gen 1' better than 'Gen 2', or what about the AMD variation? That the ability to find 'perfect' answers, can seem in some ways all consuming. Once you know you could be doing something better, it is near impossible to not want to find out how. In other words, how does a Technological Society (Ellul, 1964) devalue instinct, prioritise efficiency and lead to automatism.		This is also a common feeling I have when buying stuff online; Am I getting the right ThinkPad? Is 'Gen 1' better than 'Gen 2', or what about the AMD variation? That the ability to find 'perfect' answers, can seem in some ways all consuming. Once you know you could be doing something better, it is near impossible to not want to find out how. In other words, how does a Technological Society (Ellul, 1964) devalue instinct, prioritise efficiency and lead to automatism.
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	In this chapter I am to define '''frictionless''' as an aesthetic of consumer technology (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), aimed at the perfect end users. To question whether '''frictionless''' is just a product of capitalism and capitalist technologist or something inevitable in cultures that embody the values of technology. i.e. Who would choose to use a more '''frictionful''' method, especially when they just worked an 8-hour day.		In this chapter I am to define '''frictionless''' as an aesthetic of consumer technology (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), aimed at the perfect end users. To question whether '''frictionless''' is just a product of capitalism and capitalist technologist or something inevitable in cultures that embody the values of technology. i.e. Who would choose to use a more '''frictionful''' method, especially when they just worked an 8-hour day.

	I also aim to establish, the ideology of 'universal access to knowledge', it's link to computational values (Weizenbaum, 1976) and the popularisation of transhumanist ideas (Hailes, 1999).		I also aim to establish, the ideology of 'universal access to knowledge', it's link to computational values (Weizenbaum, 1976) and the popularisation of transhumanist ideas (Hailes, 1999). All in order to explore how the values of technique and efficiency trickled down to consumers. With this being established, I then want to look at how more barriers to knowledge were dropped via the Internet and then friction was removed (for the creators 'ideal' user) when the Internet moved to smartphones.

	With this being established, I then want to look at how barriers to knowledge were dropped via the Internet and then friction was removed (for the creators 'ideal' user) when the Internet moved to smartphones~~. I also want to explore how the values of technique and efficiency trickled down to consumers~~.

	===== Chapter Two – The Expressions of Frictionless Knowledge =====		===== Chapter Two – The Expressions of Frictionless Knowledge =====
	In this section I plan to look at human stories around the topic. Starting with Googling what is better in productive contexts (which toaster should I buy, or price comparison) but also how the same idea of perfection move into efficient leisure (watching the film with the best reviews or which beach is the most beautiful). To explore how this '''frictionless''' aesthetic interweaves with societal values of efficiency and perfection, and it's resulting mortgages, I will present and discuss a series of personal anecdotes from others. Much of these will be gathered as outputs from workshops to do with my grad project, which explicitly asks for the sharing of Technological '''social mortgages'''.		In this section I plan to look at human stories around the topic. Starting with Googling what is better in productive contexts (which toaster should I buy, or price comparison) but also how the same idea of perfection move into efficient leisure (watching the film with the best reviews or which beach is the most beautiful). To explore how this '''frictionless''' aesthetic interweaves with societal values of efficiency and perfection, and it's resulting mortgages, I will present and discuss a series of personal anecdotes from others. Much of these will be gathered as outputs from workshops to do with [[User:Wordfa/project-proposal\|my grad project]], which explicitly asks for the sharing of stories involving personal Technological '''social mortgages'''.

	Through this section I aim to explore how hard it is to live in uncertainty (Star, 1990b) and relate to difficulties to resisting technology (Ellul, 1964).		Through this section I aim to explore how hard it is to live in uncertainty (Star, 1990b) and relate to difficulties to resisting technology (Ellul, 1964).
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	In this final chapter, I want to build on both the history and current expressions of '''Frictionless''' Knowledge by projecting them into the future. To do so, I will look at the current promises and advertising of AI and AR companies, and how they relate to techniques of efficiency in our personal lives. Especially with regard to how these technologies open up new access to knowledge and resources. Including but not limited to: Biometrics, i.e. learning about your body from a wearable vs searching the Internet. Personal history and knowledge, i.e. training LLMs on your own experiences and corpuses of knowledge. Situational Information, i.e. Augmented Reality overlays on the world around you.		In this final chapter, I want to build on both the history and current expressions of '''Frictionless''' Knowledge by projecting them into the future. To do so, I will look at the current promises and advertising of AI and AR companies, and how they relate to techniques of efficiency in our personal lives. Especially with regard to how these technologies open up new access to knowledge and resources. Including but not limited to: Biometrics, i.e. learning about your body from a wearable vs searching the Internet. Personal history and knowledge, i.e. training LLMs on your own experiences and corpuses of knowledge. Situational Information, i.e. Augmented Reality overlays on the world around you.

	Lastly I'm interested in how emerging technologies are able to give new kinds of '''frictionless''' knowledge, especially in regard to form and aesthetic knowledge. Whereas Google can currently 'perfect' knowledge for the best restaurant in a given town, LLMs can allow a 'perfect' knowledge of form ~~write~~ an email or Birthday card. Both ~~are~~ an appeal to authority, an aversion to risk and in so a distrust of ourselves.		Lastly I'm interested in how emerging technologies are able to give new kinds of '''frictionless''' knowledge, especially in regard to form and aesthetic knowledge. Whereas Google can currently provide 'perfect' knowledge for the best restaurant in a given town, LLMs can allow a 'perfect' knowledge of 'form', i.e. the form of an complaint email or a Birthday card. Both embody an appeal to authority, an aversion to risk and in so a distrust of ourselves.

	=== Conclusion ===		=== Conclusion ===
	This section is quite unclear, especially as I believe this essay is a way of exploring this question rather than answering. However, one reflection that may transpire, is that maybe we are required to have this '''frictionless''' knowledge because our reality is so complicated and demanding. Again, referencing my Holiday journal about how travelling without a smartphone was impossible in a world where smartphones are normalised.		This section is quite unclear, especially as I believe this essay is a way of exploring this question rather than answering it. However, one reflection that may transpire, is that maybe we are required to have this '''frictionless''' knowledge because our reality is so complicated and demanding. Again, referencing my Holiday journal about how travelling without a smartphone was impossible in a world where smartphones are not only normalised but are integral in the creation our societies current form.

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	'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'		'While we should not forgot that these prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage'
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	-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --		-- Ursula Franklin (The Real world of Technology, 1990) --

	A term I ~~took~~ and ~~remixed~~ from 'The Real world of Technology' ~~by Ursula Franklin~~ (~~1990~~). It could be ~~described~~ as ~~social harms~~ or the negative impacts on the social sphere. However, a reason why I like the term ~~'mortgage'~~ is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that ~~doesn't~~ immediately harm us ~~immediately~~ but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not ~~it's~~ cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have from old loans (excising technologies).		'Social Mortgage' is a term I am borrowing and remixing from Ursula Franklin's 'The Real world of Technology' (2004). This could be articulated as 'Social Harms' or 'the negative impacts on the social sphere'. However, a reason why I like the term ‘mortgage’ is that a mortgage is side effect of an upfront benefit. Something that doesn’t immediately harm us but accrues a balance of negative impacts over a long period of time. Like a deal with the devil. It conveys this idea of being secret or unmentioned, we talk about the benefit but not it’s cost. Likewise, we often acquire new loans (new technologies) to pay off the debts we have accrued from old loans (excising technologies).


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	Building of the manifesto, Emoticons don't have Wrinkles (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), I am referring to the ideal and aesthetic of frictionless for the '~~ideal~~' end user. I do feel an irony will emerge that having this easy access to information actually creates more friction in our lives. However, I do think it's important to note that modern consumer technology appears to remove many barriers (political and physical) to information.		Building on the manifesto 'Emoticons don't have Wrinkles' (Maurer & Wouters, 2024), I am referring to the ideal and aesthetic of frictionless for the imagined 'perfect' end user. I do feel an irony will emerge that having this easy access to information actually creates more friction in our lives. However, I do think it's important to note that modern consumer technology appears to remove many barriers (political and physical) to information.
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