CD Players Soon To Disappear From Cars?

[RedRide]

Perhaps we should eliminate movie theaters and just watch movies on a smart phone's tiny screen?
Then, should we eliminate real food and just take a nutrition pill?

New technolgy is great but, we must be careful not to replace an augmentation to something as the only way to access it.
The digital technology should make life easier, not replace real hard copys of anything!
Would one want to replace their wife with a facsimile on an I-pad?


Consider this.... I remenber when we all watched a TV on about 5" screen and we could not wait until they got bigger. Now people want to watch TV on a 4" screen. Is this progrees or regression in the false name of progress?

There are certain things that have stood the test of time and we should all think long and hard before throwing them in the dumpster of history.
I know many people who have abandoned their land line phones and just use their cell phones. Then, they complan that their carrier frequently drops service. This almost never happens with a land line! Yes, I have a cell phone but, still keep my land line!

The digital word is somewhat fragile, this is a given and as a society, we should never place all our eggs in one basket

BTW, I got my first computer over 30 years ago so, I know the digital world has its place. The challange for all of us is to keep it in its place

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by RedRide

I know the digital world has its place. The challange for all of us is to keep it in its place

Years ago, when a person was about to go around the bend, they would call everyone they knew on the telephone and talk for hours. Psychiatrists called it "telephoneitis."

Considering how obcessed people are by their cells phones these days (to say nothing about how long they spend talking on them) we as a society are securely in the looney bin.

[RedRide]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Years ago, when a person was about to go around the bend, they would call everyone they knew on the telephone and talk for hours. Psychiatrists called it "telephoneitis."

Considering how obcessed people are by their cells phones these days (to say nothing about how long they spend talking on them) we as a society are securely in the looney bin.

That just goes to show you that there are looneys in every generation.