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dadioflex · 03-25-2012, 08:05 PM

Isn't this more of an argument for ditching your internet connection?

You accept the utility of a laptop with an internet connection - but you could just as easily be spending all your time on it checking Facebook. There's nothing inherently worthy about the laptop, and evil about a smartphone - the difference lies in how you use them. You have one example of a writer whose weak will and obvious desire to be distracted led him to focusing on his phone.

I could say guns are bad because they destroy, but hammers are good because they help to make things, then club a womble to death with one. Guns and hammers are neither good nor bad, they are both tools. But if driving in nails with a handgun, ensure the safety is on.

03-25-2012, 08:05 PM	#2
dadioflex Dyslexic Count Posts: 526 Karma: 5041991 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Palm TX, Advent Vega, iPad, iPod Touch, Kindle	Isn't this more of an argument for ditching your internet connection? You accept the utility of a laptop with an internet connection - but you could just as easily be spending all your time on it checking Facebook. There's nothing inherently worthy about the laptop, and evil about a smartphone - the difference lies in how you use them. You have one example of a writer whose weak will and obvious desire to be distracted led him to focusing on his phone. I could say guns are bad because they destroy, but hammers are good because they help to make things, then club a womble to death with one. Guns and hammers are neither good nor bad, they are both tools. But if driving in nails with a handgun, ensure the safety is on.