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edited October 2013 in A Moving Train
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,051
    Interesting, but is it that our "techno parents" abuse us or is it more like we give up too much of real-time/real/space life to tap away at our machines? I'm feeling a bit guilty as I write this. I think I'll go outside and see if the stars and moon are out yet.
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  • PapPap Posts: 29,000
    Go read Marc Prensky's essay Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants (2001). You may find an answer to your question therein.

    Thanks for this and thanks for that
    I gotta let go legacy (the computer term for old systems) ;)
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    http://kmpunksays.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/how-we-party-in-2013/
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  • PapPap Posts: 29,000
    ^^^ So true and so sad...
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  • ShawshankShawshank Posts: 1,018
    duska3419 wrote:
    http://kmpunksays.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/how-we-party-in-2013/

    I'm just as guilty as anyone, so it's hard for me to get on to my kids about it, but I'm right on the cusp of doing away with all of it. If I wasn't so tied in because of my business I would have dumped Facebook and Twitter two years ago. There are people on there that I like to stay in touch with, but I find myself checking the damn thing ALL THE TIME! :fp:

    There are times when I literally miss the days of not having a cell phone...or at the very least not having a phone that can only make calls.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,051
    It seems bizarre to me that so many people walk around glued to their devices. Human are becoming more and more detached and estranged from the natural world. I think we are preparing ourselves to become cyborgs. Seriously, we are not that far off. When this happens, real humans will become outlaws.
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  • PapPap Posts: 29,000
    ^^^ Sounds like an Orwell's scenario... :think:
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,051
    Pap wrote:
    ^^^ Sounds like an Orwell's scenario... :think:

    Yeah :lol: Part Orwell, part Terminator. :lol:
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  • PapPap Posts: 29,000
    brianlux wrote:
    Pap wrote:
    ^^^ Sounds like an Orwell's scenario... :think:

    Yeah :lol: Part Orwell, part Terminator. :lol:


    :lol:
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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,281
    brianlux wrote:
    It seems bizarre to me that so many people walk around glued to their devices. Human are becoming more and more detached and estranged from the natural world. I think we are preparing ourselves to become cyborgs. Seriously, we are not that far off. When this happens, real humans will become outlaws.
    It's true, and sad. I realized the other day I forgot my cell phone on my way to work. It was the best day I've had at work in a long time. I highly suggest people put your devices down and step outside or talk with the ones you love once in a while. It's a good feeling.
  • PapPap Posts: 29,000
    Abe Froman wrote:
    It's true, and sad. I realized the other day I forgot my cell phone on my way to work. It was the best day I've had at work in a long time. I highly suggest people put your devices down and step outside or talk with the ones you love once in a while. It's a good feeling.

    I've been there before. :thumbup:
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