On Dec 6, 12:28*pm, Tommy Joe > wrote:
> On Dec 6, 3:46*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
>
> > P.S., Using a cell phone doesn't make you smart or dumb - don't feel so
> > smug about it.
>
> * * * You got the wrong impression. *Maybe I subconsciously planned to
> give you that impression, I don't know - but I am not anti-cellphone
> or anti computer or anti any of the new things that come along and
> have come along since time began. *I am only saying that most people
> wind up being enslaved by their new toys. *Upgrades are constantly
> required. *New purchases. *I can't tell you the number of time I've
> heard people say they were lost without their computer or their
> cellphone. *Of course they'd get used to living without it in time, I
> know that. *And I'm not saying that people who rely on technology are
> automatically dumber, only it doesn't automatically make them smarter
> either. *But they think it does. *As far as I'm concerned, for most
> people the internet is merely an electronic version of the newspaper
> want ads. *Those who would have succeeded or failed using those older
> means will probably do the same today. *I own a few toys and would be
> a complete hypocrite to put them down. *I am not putting them or any
> new convenience down - only saying that in time - usually a not so
> very long time either - it stops being a convenience and becomes a
> necessity - and I for one despise necessity and will do whatever I can
> to remain free from being trapped by it. *Nothing smug about that.
> Yeah, I can see it now - the electricity goes down and even cellphone
> are affected at the source. *That's when someone yells, "Anybody got a
> pen and paper", and the pen & paper guy steps forward to save the
> day. *It doesn't have to be for or against with everything. *I'm not
> pro or con, just making comments. *Sometimes I don't know when to
> stop.
>
> That's it,
> TJ

We could get enslaved by the environment that computers and networks
and broadband create, I suppose. All this hasn't played out but it
will be interesting to see the changes that will ooccurring our
culture and society in just a few years.

I'm more of a traditionalist so I'm enslaved by things that I own and
I have that guitar player sickness - guitar accqusition syndrome. I
only own 7 at the moment so it's just a mild case. Some guys got it
just awful bad...