Some interesting thoughts, Frank...thanks

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Some interesting thoughts, Frank...thanks

McFly — 3/27/2009 2:07:41 AM (archived)

I don't know of anyone who is seriously suggesting we abandon technology. The filmmakers we've been talking about in this thread are all heavily dependant upon technology. I personally make my living by using technology that didn't exist even just a few years ago, and have no desire to transition to farming. (No offense intended toward farmers.)

The issue, as I see it, is not that we live with technology, but rather that we live in technology. It's become our environment. Is that a requirement of being a technological civilization, or is it something we've allowed to happen mainly because we've never bothered to understand and question it?

Do we have to live IN technology to live WITH technology?

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A change of environment - McFly - 3/25/2009 12:46:37 AM
- Humanity is part of the environment - FrankC - 3/26/2009 5:36:57 PM
  - Some interesting thoughts, Frank...thanks - McFly - 3/27/2009 2:07:41 AM
    - living in vs with - FrankC - 3/27/2009 4:09:04 AM
  - In fact we are the only part that matters - FrankC - 3/26/2009 8:23:08 PM
- A while back - podrock - 3/25/2009 1:27:30 AM
  - "...a different landscape..." - McFly - 3/25/2009 6:20:54 AM
    - re: "...a different landscape..." - TB - 3/25/2009 2:56:31 PM
      - Why I Recommend the Film. - podrock - 3/27/2009 3:19:33 AM
      - Tail gunner TB... - ER - 3/25/2009 10:23:44 PM
      - Dismissed, just like that? - McFly - 3/25/2009 10:01:07 PM
        
        Not dismissed. - TB - 3/25/2009 10:36:31 PM
        
        "57 channels and there's nothing on." - ER - 3/26/2009 12:37:54 AM
        
        Call me Baltar :) - REB - 3/26/2009 1:24:26 PM
        
        re: Call me Baltar :) - TB - 3/26/2009 5:48:11 PM
        
        You're really missing the point - McFly - 3/27/2009 2:14:09 AM
        
        "Unable to see it?" I've been hearing it all my life. - TB - 3/27/2009 4:56:08 AM
        
        Ah! A Discussion! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2009 7:44:52 AM
        
        Populuxe. - ER - 3/26/2009 9:59:56 AM
        
        re: Populuxe. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:43:59 PM
        
        "Who provides "luxury goods"?" - ER - 3/26/2009 4:55:12 PM
        
        Have you seen the movie Brazil - REB - 3/26/2009 1:31:10 PM
        
        "Brazil" did a great job of describing the present. - ER - 3/26/2009 2:35:01 PM
        
        I don't quite follow you. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:21:59 AM
        
        Sour grapes? Moi? - ER - 3/26/2009 9:40:03 AM
        
        Sour grapes has an exact meaning. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:40:25 PM
        
        Wealth has nothing to do with it. - ER - 3/26/2009 4:31:35 PM
        
        "Waste" is subjective. - TB - 3/26/2009 4:47:12 PM
        
        re: "Waste" is not 10 brands of identical cereal on the shelf. - ER - 3/26/2009 5:12:37 PM
        
        P.S. - TB - 3/26/2009 4:48:10 PM
        
        re: P.S. - ER - 3/26/2009 5:03:11 PM

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