Drowning Ourselves In Technology
from the it's-everywhere dept
While we're quite sick of hearing stories warning about "gadget addiction" of any kind (usually said by some professional looking to drum up business for his or her gadget addiction cure), there are some interesting cultural issues concerning the growth of gadgetry around us and our growing use of such gadgets. Moconews points us to an article that doesn't necessarily answer the questions about this, but certainly raises quite a few that are worth pondering. It takes a mostly neutral view, noting (as we've said in the past) the technology itself is quite neutral, but how people use it can be all across the spectrum of good and bad uses. That, alone, can raise plenty of questions about how our gadget enjoyment (obsession?) is changing aspects of society -- from being always connected to also being able to shut out the outside world and always live within the tiny screen in front of you or headphones around you. There are always going to be cases of people (maybe large groups of people) overdoing things -- but overall, it opens up so much positive potential that there's no way people are going to stop. The trick is going to be to continue to recognize and minimize the impact of negative uses of these devices over time. They won't go away, of course, but discussing them and focusing on improvements should help focus people on the more positive aspects of new technologies.
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disconnected connections...
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Without a doubt...
Oh, ring tones... How I yearn for death when I'm aurally accosted by a poorly digitised movie quote, repetitive zero-bass dance track or some awful novelty squaeking.
I once had a dream about being present at that board meeting all those years ago where one coked up exec clenched his teeth and spat "Let's make them play tunes!" ...I'm there with a baseball bat... I make mince-meat of his head and ask "Any questions?"
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Eliminate Gadget addiction
Wasn't life so much easier back then, with no MP3's or MP4 videos?
that way you had to sit through commercials, forced to watch the commercial for a new LP, and had to go buy it.
and EULA? Shoot! unless you had a turntable at work or in the car, you HAD to listen to it at home.
Ah the old days....
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Technology is not neutral
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