Too much reliance on technology

Bretrick

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I am at the cricket. Many people now use their phones to pay for lunch.
What happens when the system goes down?
You end up with a line of cricketeers wanting summat to eat during their very limited lunch break.
 

Yes, I feel that there is too much reliance on technology. Picking up a medication at a pharmacy in person, I thought “Great! I can schedule my RSV vaccine at the same time!” They advertise vaccine availability, and claim they want you to get them. But no…standing there with my paper appointment book in hand (how quaint!), I was told that I had to book my appointment on line. Apparently it was too much bother for them to even access their computer system on site to book me an appointment as I was physically present... 😾

As for getting a vaccine as a “walk in,” that’s a practice from an earlier age, too…even if they’re not busy!
 
I'm afraid, though, that if we don't have technology, humans will start looking even more favorably than we do now on slavery or at least a firm underclass; that seems to be a terrible part of human nature for too many of us. So even though I become frustrated with technology sometimes, I'd choose it over slavery and classism any day.
 
Solar flares and other accidents CAN take out what runs technology, but it won't break your cash. Not too likely to mess up electricity either, but we do have flashlights and candles til its fixed. If tech is knocked out, most of the world will spasm and die. I use it, but it won't run my life.
 
I'm afraid, though, that if we don't have technology, humans will start looking even more favorably than we do now on slavery or at least a firm underclass; that seems to be a terrible part of human nature for too many of us. So even though I become frustrated with technology sometimes, I'd choose it over slavery and classism any day.
I actually think apps and technology, especially the delivery apps, have helped to create the new underclass of Servants to the Middle Class.

Who was in the lowest rung of working society before? I guess janitors, farm workers, babysitters and cab drivers, right? Now many janitors and farm workers can join a union. Babysitters and preschool teachers (women's work) remain underpaid, and cabbies in New York have killed themselves as Uber and Lyft took their jobs away. Who cared about these suicides among the leaders of New York? No one.

So, these delivery services, fueled by apps and tech, have only broadened the base of the Servant Class. The middle class might be experiencing wage growth, or so the economists claim, but NO ONE is tracking the rise of the Servant Class. NO ONE. The NY Times, newspaper of record, they don't write any stories on the topic anymore. They used to in the Great Recession, and when certain people were running for high office, but no more. Now the rise of the Servant Class has been normalized.

This is also why I hate AI. It is the Jurassic Park of tech, IMO. Everythng is fine until Chaos Theory happens. They think they can control it. They are wrong, IMO. Chaos theory - Wikipedia
 
Too much reliance on technology?? No, I don't think so. Technology improves my life, yes, I'm forced to learn new ways that can be a pita but it keeps the wheels turning.
 
A lot of people are overwhelmed, and use technology like a caveman cracking mussel shells with his phone.

They'll do dumb things like turn on email alerts upon postings of various types, and then have email arrivals belch alerts on their phones. Or maybe a site has a phone craplet that they use instead of the web site behind it, and they'll have similar belching turned on.

ADHD? Narcissism? Or just cracking mussel shells?

In any case I just went and looked at my messages (elsewhere) and found:
Are you normal? You @#$% you woke me up. It's 4 AM!!!

Now I won't claim to be normal, but sheesh! My first thought was "Why you aging chin-hair sprouting plasterfaced hosebeast, where do you get off? Old farts often have odd sleep patterns."

But I quickly realized she just cracks open mussel shells with her phone and could star in a Geico commercial.

 
Right now, technology truly is making my life easier. Trips to the pharmacy are much easier, making appointments, looking at my bank accounts, and so on. It's far far better than ever before. Paying is easier too. I've not held cash in some time, I have no use for it.

But technology is hurting us in other ways. It's eating away at the social aspects of life, and we're slowly losing the ability to think for ourselves. However, I think technology is inevitable, not a choice. It will continue on. People will hold off using it for certain things, and that will work until they're forced to use tech in one form or another.
 
For years, it has been believed that electric bulbs emit light, but recent information has proved otherwise. Electric bulbs don't emit light; they suck dark. Thus, we call these bulbs Dark Suckers.

The Dark Sucker Theory and the existence of dark suckers prove that dark has mass and is heavier than light.

First, the basis of the Dark Sucker Theory is that electric bulbs suck dark. For example, take the Dark Sucker in the room you are in. There is much less dark right next to it than there is elsewhere. The larger the Dark Sucker, the greater its capacity to suck dark. Dark Suckers in the parking lot have a much greater capacity to suck dark than the ones in this room.

So with all things, Dark Suckers don't last forever. Once they are full of dark, they can no longer suck. This is proven by the dark spot on a full Dark Sucker. The dark which has been absorbed is then transmitted by pylons along to power plants where the machinery uses fossil fuel to destroy it.

A candle is a primitive Dark Sucker. A new candle has a white wick. You can see that after the first use, the wick turns black, representing all the dark that has been sucked into it. If you put a pencil next to the wick of an operating candle, it will turn black. This is because it got in the way of the dark flowing into the candle. One of the disadvantages of these primitive Dark Suckers is their limited range.

There are also portable Dark Suckers. In these, the bulbs can't handle all the dark by themselves and must be aided by a Dark Storage Unit. When the Dark Storage Unit is full, it must be either emptied or replaced before the portable Dark Sucker can operate again.

Dark has mass. When dark goes into a Dark Sucker, friction from the mass generates heat. Thus, it is not wise to touch an operating Dark Sucker. Candles present a special problem as the mass must travel into a solid wick instead of through clear glass. This generates a great amount of heat and therefore it's not wise to touch an operating candle. This is easily proven for lightbulbs too. When you compress a gas, it gets hot, right? So the light bulb gets hot because of all the dark being squished into the wires.

Also, dark is heavier than light. If you were to swim just below the surface of the lake, you would see a lot of light. If you were to slowly swim deeper and deeper, you would notice it getting darker and darker. When you get really deep, you would be in total darkness. This is because the heavier dark sinks to the bottom of the lake and the lighter light floats at the top. The is why it is called light.

Finally, we must prove that dark is faster than light. If you were to stand in a lit room in front of a closed, dark closet, and slowly opened the closet door, you would see the light slowly enter the closet. But since dark is so fast, you would not be able to see the dark leave the closet. So next time you see an electric bulb, remember that it is not a light emitter but a Dark Sucker.

The Theory was just discovered, 1st proposed in 6/2004 by a person with a lot of free time on his hands. ... Explains existent ... Dark Stuff...
 

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