Love the last line! Technology is moving so fast . Core etiquette seems to be lacking. Meaning, common sense is lost.

Was mulling same topic, synergy in there somewhere. well penned! M.True

Eloquently put. I'd refuse my son the latest this, that and play outside in the wild blue yonder.

I find the wee girls pageants rather disturbing.

Huxley was right. Orwell, oh well. Swamped with too many pleasures and distractions to give a fig about the world. Thus, the few, conquer the freedom of the masses.

I've always found it wise, even as a child, not to chase every latest fad. I will admit that I was one of the first to jump on the Macintosh as the way computing should go. However, I just read in Wired that the latest craze that will overtake tattoos and cell phones is wearable tech.

I fully believe it is true, but I love my inner sense of direction, ability to converse face-to-face, although I'm not very good at it, explore nature firsthand rather than via films or pictures, and love to hand write and draw (although I can't do it anymore). I've had no need for cell phones, iPods, or GPS, so I doubt if I will find much of the wearable technology much more than just another fad or phase the youth of our country must go through in order to be considered part of the gang.

On the other hand, if I find that there is a wearable technology that enhances my waning physical properties like better hearing and vision and the way to write like this Dragon Dictate I'm using, I will be the first to buy it.

Ron

From birth to dying time we are conditioned to strive for perfection. To be other than self. Mega billions made on diet fads, none of which works very long. Inferiority complexes are tried and true and standing in front of a mirror a way of life.

No Virtual Sympathy, indeed. But I see far less Human Sympathy today as well.