It's "upgrade your technology" day. This is the first entry (almost up to a full week in a row, right?) using the new computer set-up. Transferring files over the network is slow moving (even with our fast network settings), but I decided it was the right way to approach it.
This all started way back with Guttenberg, didn't it? I mean, the beginning of knowledge being passed around, on display, connecting us all. If it weren't for the printing press, where would we be? Everything just seemed to have snowballed up from there. Machines slowly snuck into our lives (cotton gin, telegraph, electric lights, manufacturing, motor vehicles, computers) and now? I believe that everything that's happening in our current state of civilization isn't really much different from the way it's always been. It's just we hear about it instantaneously. Everything. Everywhere. And yes, all at once (such a brillliant film).
There's no denying that the advent of those chips that allow immediate communication (in all its forms) has changed us. It's changing us. It will continue to change us. But the core of what's there - tribal infighting, procreation, agriculture, communication and even love - isn't very different from what it was thousands of years ago. Except for the massive amount of debris, garbage, refuse, detritus (chose your favorite word) that we've created.
And I've just added to that by purchasing a new small communication device. Yes, the dots are all connected. And I'm just one infinitesimal spec. So are you.
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