8 Apr
2001
8 Apr
'01
8:20 p.m.
On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 THETechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
Most people today use technology continuously but
accept those
technologies as facts of nature. To most, the telephone alone - a
pretty simple peice of gear, has no underlying explanation other than
magic because they are too stupid or complacent to observe the roots
of the technology and understand it.
Or maybe it never occured to them to understand what's going on inside
because it doesn't matter to them. It is a tool, just like a hammer or a
fork. How it works is inconsquential to, for instance, a mother raising 3
kids.
The herd mentality is killing creativity and hampering
our
understanding of our social being. You will find many millions who say
"nuclear power and nuclear bombs are bad", but you will find that
nearly noone can draw a crude diagram of a gun-type fission bomb,
explain what fission is, or explain how a nuclear power plant works.
This ignorance, in my mind, invalidates thier opinion on any aspect of
technology.
This sounds more like lack of good educational systems, something the US
is well known for.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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