Yaz's Blog
I am a php developer. I am a geek. I am a fiction reader. A movie and tv addict.
An XBOX360 player. A snowboarder. A cyclist. A Softball player. A Venezuelan-Canadian.
Technology is Heroin
Meanwhile, people get fatter and fatter, unable to get around or physically accomplish normal chores from a 100 years ago. Intelligence is going down as fewer and fewer books are being read (news flash: the printed book industry is on the way out unless this trend stops), and social organizations like churches and civic clubs see fewer and fewer members attend their meetings. The skills that are increasing? Reflex time. Ability to solve abstract, short-timespan problems. Basically the skills we need to interact with our entertainment.
(thanks, basementbin)
From the comments, the writer’s wife had this to say:
Every advance has its good points and bad points. There is nothing in this world that doesn’t have the ability to become addictive. Food, alcohol, Facebook, video games, religion… and there are people with addictive personalities who will find something to be addicted to no matter what. Your argument reminds me a lot of the people who say these horrible movies give people ideas to go out and do horrible acts. Well, there probably are some instances where that is true, but as a whole, people who watch Fridy the 13th, aren’t rushing out to buy hockey masks and become serial killers.
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