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    Brian Merchant: What tech would we be better off without? I asked, you answered

    Well, goodbye to all that. Now that 2023 is drawing to a close, and it's time that we begin to look to the new year, why don't we spend a minute clearing our closets and minds of all the tech we don't need? The better to start fresh, and to steel ourselves for the AI-drenched year ahead. A few weeks ago, I convened a panel of journalists, technologists and critics to vote on the Worst Tech of ...
    by Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times Dec 29, 2023 4 minutes
    The Waze smartphone navigation app displays nearby fuel prices on Sept. 28, 2021, in Manchester, United Kingdom.

    Well, goodbye to all that.

    Now that 2023 is drawing to a close, and it's time that we begin to look to the new year, why don't we spend a minute clearing our closets and minds of all the tech we don't need? The better to start fresh, and to steel ourselves for the AI-drenched year ahead.

    A few weeks ago, I convened a panel of journalists, technologists and critics to vote on the — we wound up with a sort of as the Christmas shopping season kicked into full swing. A list of tech we wish didn't exist. It was a fun, only somewhat snarky exercise that generated a ton of genuinely great discussion about the impact of tech

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