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It brings me joy to think of my life coming to an end; it is a relief to know it will. A pause descends when I sense the pain loved ones would experience when I do die (I assume they would feel something). But that is all that troubles me about my death. This is not some morbid fantasy of inboxes overflowing with emails I would never read or respond to, of people sharing touching eulogies over a pretty casket, of whatever afterlife the other side of death might offer. This is not that. I simply do not want to live forever. I am glad this body of mine is imperfect, earthbound, and breakable; I cherish my mind and soul but look forward to relinquishing them; I do not wish to carry this burden of life indefinitely. Today I give thanks that I, too, shall pass.

That’s something Ben Thompson said a recent episode of Dithering. He was referring to how he felt while trying to help his mom get control of her digital life. Everything was just too hard and convoluted and he felt embarrassed as someone who works in tech. That very same evening, I randomly got this text from a family member. I hear this a lot from family and friends who sit outside tech. “Nothing works.” “Everything is hard to use.” “I can’t make sense of this.” And to them I am a representative, a connection, to this pain in their lives. And I, too, am embarrassed on behalf of the tech industry — by our collective failure.

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