[pct-l] Technology on the Trail

[jeffmoorehead1 at cox.net (Jeff Moorehead)]

see I am in total agreement here. I also think we have lost the ability to 
entertain ourselves. So my question is, since when did musical instruments 
become part of all this unwanted technology on the trail???? This I don't 
see at all-- cell phones, GPS, I understand how they get lumped in there, 
but a guitar??

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett" <blisterfree@isp01.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Technology on the Trail


>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?
>
>
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