Tunes in my head: Funky Bitch by Phish
Atmosphere: New mobile, woot.
As humans, we are too preoccupied with technology.
I just got a new phone (a Nokia N97, for you technophiles) and am utterly fascinated with it.
Why?
I dunno. I always said I'd be against the whole proliferation of technology, the obsession with phones.
And now I myself am getting sucked endlessly into it.
As a whole, we are generally fascinated with shiny things.
But why? Is it just for being new?
What happens after a few weeks? Will the new Ferrari get tossed in place of the old, beaten down Audi?
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One minute, you say "technology is bad" and then you switch to "shiny useless tech baubles are bad". The first is false (one can never have too much technology!) , the second likely true (but given the number of fools about, it's far too profitable a business to ever stop).
Proliferation of technology is not in itself a bad thing, though the current directions of consumer goods (which I assume you're referring to here) - lots of wastefulness, forced obsolescence, ridonkulous pricing, various other evils, is rather depressing. Unavoidable unless we all convert to communism/etc. And of course, the largest evil of all - those fucking shiny glossy reflective widescreen monitors. THESE ARE THE SCOURGE OF THE EARTH.
Also, the E series is better than the N series.
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