Does anyone feel slightly bad about using a computer after you do? Back in the 60s, we never had computers and we still made it. The only thing that I think makes it alright is to use for protest organizations or to get important info on big news. I was just wondering how you guys felt about the whole situation.
Asdoth = = a jerk to everyone. :/ But to answer your question, cheech & chong... no, I don't feel bad about using computers. I actually like them. I like doing my writing on my computer, and I like using the Internet to find out about protests, to go to this website, and to use Facebook to keep up with my friends and sisters. Sure, people did fine without computers during the '60s, and I'm sure I could live without them, but I rather like using them, lol.
A better analogy would have been the telephone, and I am not talking about cell phones. The computer and the internet is all about information and communication. I am not going to ever feel sorry about that. It's like having access to multiple libraries in your own home 24/7. You could take it one step even farther back and compare it to books. Would we like to go back in time to a place where the majority of people couldn't read or write, only the rich/educated could? Before Gutenburg and his press only the church reproduced the written word. And they controlled the tranlations and text of every single word.
Interesting subject. The 'net is the kinda thing Andy Warhol envisioned, blurring the lines between celebrity and 'regular person'. But it could be argued that the internet is responsible for speeding up the deterioration of culture, or the propagation of it. I never feel guilty for using it, but of course, I use it productively (IMO). If it weren't for the internet, I probably wouldn't have the craving for knowledge that I've developed in the past several years. I would probably be a comparably narrow minded person. People to whom Internet is a synonym for Myspace worry me. It should be used to broaden horizons, not stimulate the action inside your personal snowglobe.
I agree. It's nice to be able to research anything I want whenever I want. The internet's a great tool for grassroots organizing as well.
The internet is a new way for people to vent their frustration/feelings without consiquence. Having all the answer's to the past, and seeing locations all over the world at just a google search away is scary. I know that I am an absolute hypocrit for posting this on a forum.
and each and every one of is has the ability, with the click of a mouse to change anything......... and everything. witness the tremendous power an individual could have, if he/she banded together on the internet and moved from microsoft to linux. the mind boggles at such! long live a free - linux - internet.
