Woe is the Information Age
Reference article: http://www.personalliberty.com/conservative-politics/civil-liberty/woe-is-the-information-age/#comment-459880
How many people remember the phrase, “Moderation in everything”? Yes, I know; usually this phrase is used for your diet–don’t overeat on any one thing and don’t ignore the other things. Our food pyramid (now our ‘dinner plate’) tries to emphasize this point. But the phrase stands true for everything in our lives, from transportation to technology to simple lifestyle–extremes are dangerous!
Now, why do I say this? The author emphasizes that he believes technology is destroying our common sense and to some extent he is right; but he goes on to say he’s actively avoiding technology once he’s away from work, which could be a serious mistake. Yes, gross overuse as he clearly describes is dangerous to the user and to the people around them, but not using it when it could help save lives is almost criminal negligence. How could Angel (a commenter above) have called 911 for that boy hit by a car had she not had a cell phone available? That call might have saved that boy’s life by getting an ambulance on scene much more quickly than if the author had needed to run for a pay phone. For that matter, if you haven’t noticed pay phones are much harder to find on the streets than they used to be and likely will disappear entirely before too much longer. How, then, will the author make an emergency phone call if he doesn’t have a cell phone of his own?
Extremism is total lack of common sense, whether you speak politically or personally. You’ve got to remember that technology is a tool and our politicians are a tool; use them right and they work for you, use them wrong and they control you.
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