VISD 6B04 Living with Things Professor: Michael Prokopow Student: Roberta Schultz Santos September 17, 2013

The place of humans in a things life - 250 words Seriously, clicking on something twice is not going to change anything. You see, I am utterly fatigued and this speed is as fast as I can go. You repeatedly expect me to hand you everything instantaneously without even a small pause to process things, therefore, I oblige you not to complain about my memory being insufficient since you clearly use me as an extension of your own flawed memory. This time I am going to take a little longer to see if your incompetent brain cares to remember the contents of this Google webpage which you are so found of. Thus, stop with the annoying complaints and recognize that you have become so dependent of me, so obsessed with me, and even though I am one of your most prized possessions, you treat me as if I were as replaceable as a plastic cup. Still you look right through me completely ignoring my entire existence. I will let you know that I am not just a platform for worthless data. Similarly to you, I am an entity, a material presence in time and space. I am an artifact of your species, of your context, of your life. I matter. And you blatantly pretend that you have no connection whatsoever with me, claiming that I am dated and disposable. Then again, this threat to update me is simply another subterfuge to surround yourself with more and more things. Oh, would that be all, sir? Then, I believe I must shut down.