How to Survive the Internet

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What parking apps tell us about the UK

What parking apps tell us about the UK

Our relation with technology still needs work

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Jamie Bartlett
Feb 06, 2025
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For years I have searched for the technology that perfectly encapsulates the UK’s relationship with technology. Our desire to appear ‘modern’, but on the cheap. Our confusion of ends with means. Our attempt to use tech to make life simpler – and accidentally make it more complicated. A widespread feeling that someone, somewhere is screwing you over, via…

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