Comments on: Are we too wired?

By: lankrypt0

lankrypt0 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:19:57 +0000

Ugh, unfortunately swamped beyond belief with work (to give you a sense of how busy, I have 7a to 10a then 4p to 5p meetings all week about this topic.) Then , my mind can barely keep a straight thought. Though, tonight I will be posting something new. I have a ton of topics stored up and it’s time I start writing again.

By: collegehookerboy

collegehookerboy — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:42:46 +0000

Where the fuck are you?

By: lankrypt0

lankrypt0 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:02:47 +0000

You’d be surprised, try it =)

By: swingerwife

swingerwife — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:44:52 +0000

My phone is constantly going off, all.day.long. Text messages. Picture mail. Phone calls. Alarms reminding me to do this and accomplish that. I have recently begun to hit the silence button on the stupid thing at times. I need the peace and quiet now and then! And yes, I’m totally guilty of sending text messages to other people while I’m supposed to be spending time with my family. Bad girl. I need to stop that.

That being said, I still say that I wouldn’t make it longer than hour without my phone before going into withdraw. Sad. But true.

By: lankrypt0

lankrypt0 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:47:11 +0000

Well, I wouldn’t go as far as living in caves, I LOVE my technology, and I believe it is an essential part of human development. I just think that people need to get away from it more and realize that you don’t NEED to immediately respond to a text message or pick up a call. Technology has spoiled us into expecting that instant gratification. Hell I get mad if a web page takes a few seconds to load.

By: collegehookerboy

collegehookerboy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:23:13 +0000

yes yes, the ol’ “technology is depersonalizing the world” complaint.

I think that humans, like Freud said, would be happiest if they were living back in nature – like cavemen and Native Americans (No, I am not comparing Native Americans to cavemen). But would I be willing to give up all the information in the world for more happiness? Oddly enough, I wouldn’t.