tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post3749991851766514826..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: From Tech to ToasterGavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-40215499961211933652011-10-13T05:52:27.287+13:002011-10-13T05:52:27.287+13:00Just imagine what would happen if the wireless tel...Just imagine what would happen if the wireless tele-data system went down all over the world. We would have to start talking to strangers again.<br /><br />Awhile back, Northeastern America had a three day blackout. All the houses were dark, the streetlights did not work. People were sitting outside in lawnchairs talking to their neighbours, people they did not even know until then.<br /><br />Technology is a great thing but it does affect our social behaviour. But these are modern times and almost everybody has some type of smartphone device. I can't remember the last time I bought a road map in a foreign city. Everything is at my fingertips.<br /> If the net went down for a long time, we would truly be lost until we learned to start using our brains again.jack635https://www.blogger.com/profile/08419045741839152708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-41402668724558542882011-10-13T03:46:28.784+13:002011-10-13T03:46:28.784+13:00Gavin, as one who has enjoyed Battlestar Galactica...Gavin, as one who has enjoyed Battlestar Galactica, particularly the newest incarnation (an unpleasant upgrade in technology to be sure) and particularly if you watched the brief, but ill fated Caprica, you should realize what happens to advanced technology.<br /><br />Oh sure, you come to depend on those wonderful robots to do your bidding, but the first thing you know, they go running off and disappear for 40 years and come back as Cylons, who are irritated as anything with their creators with their gods.<br /><br />All the Cylons ever wanted is for us to worship the one true God.<br /><br />So the technology became toasters.<br /><br />It doesn't mean they aren't any less dangerous -- in fact, they are moreso and all because of religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com