Comments on: The Dependence, Frailty and Obsolescence of Technology http://www.justjon.net/technology/the-dependence-frailty-and-obsolescence-of-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dependence-frailty-and-obsolescence-of-technology Jon's Corner of the Intarweb Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LizzyWednesday http://www.justjon.net/technology/the-dependence-frailty-and-obsolescence-of-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-876 LizzyWednesday Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:18:36 +0000 http://www.justjon.net/?p=41#comment-876 Hey Jon, you ever hear the song 'In the Year 2525'? It's along the lines of the tech-dependence you're describing ... and as I read your post I couldn't help but think about 'WALL*E', which may be more of a comment on my mental state than a comment on your post. There was an article a while back, I don't remember where, with the (sub)title "Where's My Flying Car?" that touched on this issue, too. It's times like these that I start to think my Orthodox friends have it right - observing Shabbat takes you off the grid for a whole day, and reminds you of what's important in your life: G-d, food, friends & family ... human, community things. Nicely written, though ... even if you had to re-do it because your tech crapped out on you. Hey Jon, you ever hear the song ‘In the Year 2525′? It’s along the lines of the tech-dependence you’re describing … and as I read your post I couldn’t help but think about ‘WALL*E’, which may be more of a comment on my mental state than a comment on your post.

There was an article a while back, I don’t remember where, with the (sub)title “Where’s My Flying Car?” that touched on this issue, too.

It’s times like these that I start to think my Orthodox friends have it right – observing Shabbat takes you off the grid for a whole day, and reminds you of what’s important in your life: G-d, food, friends & family … human, community things.

Nicely written, though … even if you had to re-do it because your tech crapped out on you.

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