[pct-l] Technology on the Trail

[blisterfree at isp01.net (Brett)]

And I should probably add that the mailing list traffic 
probably bears a strikingly resemblance to the cell phone 
phenomenon, although one could also argue that the lists are 
more of a stand-in for the real thing, where most would 
probably prefer to be if they were able. Technology can be 
the bridge, or the troubled water.

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>I maintain that the popularity and widespread public use of 
>cell phones has little to do with any practical need, but 
>has instead come in direct proportion to our increasing 
>alienation from, and lack of connection with, our fellow 
>humanoids. And with that, a disconnection from ourselves. 
>More and more, people fear being alone, and are afraid to 
>have a good-old-fashioned dialog with themselves. Further, 
>we've lost the ability to entertain ourselves by 
>daydreaming (probably because childhood is such a rushed 
>affair these days). So we fortress ourselves with a small 
>circle of likeminded refugees, keep each other on speed 
>dial, and slog through the day lost in the perceived 
>security of a virtual reality.
>
> Cell phones have become the glue that holds the great 
> American social life intact. If accidentally ingested, 
> seek medical help at once.
>
> - blisterfree
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>> At these airports and elsewhere nowadays, the phone
>> conversations have become far louder due to headsets.
>> At first I thought this was due to people being ruder
>> nowadays, which they are.  But much like your teenager
>> shouts to you in normal conversation because they are
>> connected to their walkman, so too do those engaged in
>> phone conversations wearing their headsets.  Whether
>> or not one is interested, we are forced to listen to
>> boring, inane, personal or business conversations in
>> every public place.  On this last trip, in the men's
>> room, I heard one such conversation from behind the
>> closed door of a stall.  Is there no peace from it?
>