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we're living the Information Age. sounds great, huh?
unfortunately, it's mostly useless information. and consumed in droves by mindless shallow drones just because it's out there and it's brand-new. as in new and fresh and warm like a piece of BS
so, yeah, I'm sorry if I kinda agree with the guy
clocks and maps were fruits or seeds for scientif achievements back then? Both. yeah, because I say so. I'll also tell this: with a universal remote control you expect everything to work on a click flawlessly and if you're bored, you can just click again and zap between channels. We're living Idiocracy and clueless crackheads with a remote on hand have no need nor desire to know how stuff works. It's all outsourced and one can live at leisure alone, at least until economy colapses from lack of skilled and specialized workers with a clue, with a passion for knowledge and boring study and research.
Future is pretty bleak for western society at large. meanwhile, elsewhere people are populating the world like rabbits, working hard for little money and hopefully making better use technology, such as self-improvement. no, don't look at Brazil, we're just as lazy bastards as any other american consumer market...
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