Lawrence Hall: Technology is a Two-Edged Carrot Grater

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Lawrence Hall

Technology is a Two-Edged Carrot Grater

A Meditation upon Computer Updates

After an update:

I cannot delete intrusions that should go away

I cannot save that knowledge which should stay

I cannot find the files that went astray

While codes and access are changing every day

People I don’t even know want me to pay

For services and tweaks they want me to play

My work-rhythm will go much faster, they say

Or else they’ll block my already-slow pathway

An update is litter on the information highway

A metaphorical carrot grater of existential decay

Lawrence Hall