Ian Bogost
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439 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Ian Bogost’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But think about what you're doing in line with your phone instead of with your tickets.
You're still touching it.
It's got a smooth glass front.
Mine has one of those like textured cases that I like to rub and touch.
Even if the phone is off, it's still a delightful sensory object that's gratifying to engage with.
I have a pop socket on mine that I just spin around in my hands.
Oh, you got the spinner.
Like hours and hours and hours a day.
Exactly.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The heft of it in my pocket is both bothersome and comforting.
The idea that you can pull it out isn't just about being like lured into the info system or whatever.
It's also about...
rummaging for it or trying to find it again?
Or is it still there in the same way that you're asking if the ticket's still there?
And if you look at the forces of dematerialization, I give a lot of examples of them that are not just the iPhone or just computers.
This has been going on for a long time, long before the smartphone.
One of the other common examples that people relate to really well is the
like the public restroom with all the sensors.
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