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Originally Posted by Alan Kaufman
A STATEMENT FROM ALAN KAUFMAN
And refrigerators and washingmachines do not a totalitarian society make: Kindles do. Hi-Tech is something altogether different. Hi-Tech and all its systems and devices are addictive, attention-destroying and soul-sapping.
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You haven't established how Kindles are qualitatively different from refrigerators, washing machines... and printing presses.
Is the desktop printer a soul-sucking device? It meshes well with ebooks.
Or maybe I should ignore your rants because I don't own a Kindle; I read ebooks on different devices.
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But though we seem like weirdos and cranks to so many of you, we are the only voices in the wilderness arguing for the rescue of your human essence.
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"The wilderness" is not internet forums and the blogosphere. "The wilderness" is not downloadable through a wifi connection.
If you want to be a "voice in the wilderness," you'll need to do it offline.
I know plenty of people who argue, with some reasonable accuracy, that hi-tech is destroying humanity. THEY AREN'T ONLINE. You are a hypocrite: someone who claims that the aspects you don't like are bad, while shamelessly using the aspects you do like, without describing any difference between them.