January 17, 2017
I opened a music app that promises to play whatever songs
you like, and let you build a playlist.
So I asked for “The Holly and the Ivy” (this was in
December), and it played another song; and it said, “Why we aren’t playing ‘The
Holly and the Ivy’” or something like that. Seems they wanted me to get exposed
to some similar music first. I guess they figured they know what’s good for me.
It reminded me of HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey.” (For those
of you who don’t remember, the astronaut gives the computer a command, and it
answers, “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t let you do that.”)
And somebody invited me via Facebook to follow her on
Instagram, so I hit the icon to follow her via Facebook; it proceeded to spin
aimlessly until I gave up and gave it my e-mail address instead.
And people wonder why I’m a technophobe.
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