JACK KLEIN
Artist and software developer based in New York
I am tired of staring at digital ads on the subway
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What If We Asked People For Directions?
2024My phone got ran over by a car in September leaving me phoneless for two weeks. Accustomed to opening Google Maps instantly when I leave my house on bike, I resorted to physical notes that I carried in my pocket. If I got lost I would ask someone on the street for help. I wrote friends’ numbers on the paper in case I had to give them a call with a stranger’s phone. I noticed that most of what I used Google Maps for was in reality super simple sets of directions, but I only recognized this fact once I had perspective on the matter without the technology at my disposal. Technology blocked me from awareness.