Human Coordinates ① — Maybe I Didn’t Need a New Laptop
Human Coordinates is a series exploring desire, acceleration, creativity, and human meaning in the AI era. I thought I needed a new laptop. At first, the feeling seemed practical. My current machine was aging. It lagged. Sometimes it interrupted my workflow. Sometimes it made me feel as if my thoughts were arriving faster than my life could hold them. So naturally, I started thinking: “If I had a better laptop, maybe I could finally move faster.” But after sitting with that feeling for a while, something started bothering me. Was I really chasing a laptop? Or was I chasing the feeling that my future was finally moving? That question stayed with me longer than I expected. Because once I looked closely, I realized the laptop itself was not the true object of desire. Success was. Or maybe not even success itself. Maybe what I wanted was evidence. Evidence that I was progressing. Evidence that my work mattered. Evidence that my future was becoming real. And suddenly, the laptop started loo...