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Food for thought (and the major reason I don't want more electronic gadgetry in my life. I want to live life, not spend it on the 'net--at least more than I already do!
“In the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine...we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry and playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked on the shelves of patience. Before we know it the tomb is sealed...When you consider the beauty there is in the world, the rapture that can be known, the honest relationships, the excitement and exaltation there is for the taking...the real things to look at and feel and read...Where, then, lies the answer? In choice."
I'm not worried about being addicted to the internet because I AM addicted to the internet. Considering the town in which 15 years of my life were wasted as a student, with a biased newspaper and two TV stations, I find the internet to be quite revealing of a much larger world. Had I only known I'd have skipped graduation ceremonies and joined the Army straight away.
Now the internet is where I start my day and keep up with events in that larger world. I receive and pay bills. I communicate with friends and relatives in other locations. And while watching a series on WWI, I was able to follow the battle locations using google maps by wifi on my smartphone. And when my TV goes into rain fade during a storm, I can watch progress on the weather underground by internet.
I'm not worried about being addicted to the internet because I AM addicted to the internet. Considering the town in which 15 years of my life were wasted as a student, with a biased newspaper and two TV stations, I find the internet to be quite revealing of a much larger world. Had I only known I'd have skipped graduation ceremonies and joined the Army straight away.
Now the internet is where I start my day and keep up with events in that larger world. I receive and pay bills. I communicate with friends and relatives in other locations. And while watching a series on WWI, I was able to follow the battle locations using google maps by wifi on my smartphone. And when my TV goes into rain fade during a storm, I can watch progress on the weather underground by internet.
A normal person if they want peace and solitude would turn their Smartphone's ringer and vibrator off, but that seems to be beyond the author's technical and mental abilities...
I disagree. Even with the ringer and vibrator off, people still get addicted to noodling with those things wherever they go. It looks rather sad to people such as myself.
I disagree. Even with the ringer and vibrator off, people still get addicted to noodling with those things wherever they go. It looks rather sad to people such as myself.
So you see two extremes, then? You see black and white on this issue? Either you have a smartphone and are addicted and never put it down, or you don't have one and are superior for it?
I was addicted when the internet was new and I was young. Now it is just a part of life. A part I could live without, but don't want to or need to.
I help run a Saab website. 30 years ago you were lucky if you knew 10 other "Saab people" in your area. Today, I knows 1,000's!!!
Bringing people together is a good feature of the internet...
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