Control Option

I’ve always loved my Macs, and Leander Kahney’s The Cult of Mac is an entertaining ode to quality (brilliantly designed, but that’s not surprising considering the subject matter), but I draw the line at body art and the practice of spending five figures to upgrade Color Classics and outmoded original PowerBooks. I suppose the greater issue is that of benevolent “cults” such as cult TV and music fandom—“cult” is a pretty ironic choice of word considering that, on a grander scale, the world is (mis)run by cults. Fun or benevolent cults are all about connection, rather than control.