Saturday, October 10, 2009
Rant
I still hate computers. I thought I was over it - but it doesn't matter that they allow me access to the whole world wherever I am, I still hate them! I hate waiting for them, I hate spending time with them, I hate listening to music on them, and I don't even really like looking at them. They're bad friends - they demand that you handle them well and provide them with energy, and then they isolate you from your surroundings and give you a headache. Sure, it may make it easier to communicate and thus connect with other people, but maybe the ease of it encourages you to do a shoddy job, just like digital cameras encourage you to take worse pictures. Just take this post for example. If I had to write this with pen and paper, do you think I would have done such a bad job? No!
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But, just because you *can* do a bad job doesn't mean you *can't* do a good job. What you have to do is take the time to edit what you write. Just like you would with pen and paper, but with a computer, you don't have to waste the paper that has your drafts on it.
ReplyDeleteI agree that computers are bad friends, and that they can be isolating, but that is more a function of how you use them than anything else.
Take this for what it's worth,
Meemo
You're in very good company with that attitude, Brita. I've been in a love/hate relationship with the things for years, and I make my living working on them. It's agreed that their presence in your life creates at least as many problems as they supposedly solve...just like every other "labor saving" invention.
ReplyDeleteI think it's just another example of the hurtful duality of our human existence writ large.
But gosh, Linux Mint sure is pretty when it boots up...!
Ha ha! I don't know if I would say pretty....
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