Technology
Jul. 19th, 2007 08:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancerjodiWil Wheaton posted something interesting here http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2007/07/geek-in-revie-1.html . I'm at work, so I can't read his Suicide Girls Blog . . . anyone want to copy the text and post it in my comments here? :)
It does raise an interesting issue. I think we're becoming crippled by our technology. What would happen to you if your e-mail and cell phone and GPS went away? Would you be able to function? I'm not talking about getting your work done at work (some of that does require specific technological tools) - I'm talking about the everyday mundane kind of stuff. Could you call your friends? Find a place you're going? Get money from a bank?
Some things to think about! :)
It does raise an interesting issue. I think we're becoming crippled by our technology. What would happen to you if your e-mail and cell phone and GPS went away? Would you be able to function? I'm not talking about getting your work done at work (some of that does require specific technological tools) - I'm talking about the everyday mundane kind of stuff. Could you call your friends? Find a place you're going? Get money from a bank?
Some things to think about! :)
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Date: 2007-07-19 01:47 pm (UTC)Folks that can't find their way anywhere without a GPS. Wouldn't know how to get cash from a bank without an ATM card. People that would lose their shit if their cell phone went away, or their electronic calendar was unavailable . . .
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Date: 2007-07-19 02:07 pm (UTC)I'm not sure there are people who, if they didn't have an ATM card, would just walk around with no money because they didn't know any better. Maybe I'm naive though.