This is going to get tl;dr, I think.gramarye1971October 19 2009, 01:40:39 UTC
Hm. I hesitate to say that technology can control us only to the extent that we allow it to do so, but the mobile phone does offer a case in point. Does simply having a mobile phone mean that we must answer it whenever it rings, wherever we are or whatever we happen to be doing? For calls on my personal mobile phone, I generally won't answer it during a meal unless I am expecting a call that I know about in advance -- just as I would with a landline phone. I may look at it to see the number of the person who called, but the choice to actually flip it open and take the call is still my decision
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For you, there is no response I'd consider tl;drnesuphynOctober 19 2009, 07:06:55 UTC
I don't consider my friends on call, and I try to be respectful; but one of my pet peeves are people who are almost impossible to contact. We'd definitely feel different about this, but I find that there is a sliding scale where people begin to fall into the category of being selfish.
How do you feel about the idea of RFID tags and their use in society? Do you think its just another form of big brother, the natural progression of technology, or just useless fetishism?
I have a love/hate relationship with lifestyles on or off "the grid". To me "the grid" is civilization. If you want to live off the grid so badly, you should accept the fact that you are refusing civilization and shouldn't feel slighted for receiving less of its benefits.
I don't really understand what you mean by that last sentence. Maybe I just am not understanding what "the grid" is. Who are you purporting to argue against?
Even making the assumption that "the grid"=civilization, it seems logically similar to this statement: "Agriculture is civilization. If you don't live on a farm, you should accept that you are refusing civilization and shouldn't feel slighted for receiving less food."
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How do you feel about the idea of RFID tags and their use in society? Do you think its just another form of big brother, the natural progression of technology, or just useless fetishism?
I have a love/hate relationship with lifestyles on or off "the grid". To me "the grid" is civilization. If you want to live off the grid so badly, you should accept the fact that you are refusing civilization and shouldn't feel slighted for receiving less of its benefits.
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Even making the assumption that "the grid"=civilization, it seems logically similar to this statement:
"Agriculture is civilization. If you don't live on a farm, you should accept that you are refusing civilization and shouldn't feel slighted for receiving less food."
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