On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 THETechnoid_at_home.com wrote:
> Most people today use technology continuously but accept those
> technologies as facts of nature. To most, the telephone alone - a
> pretty simple peice of gear, has no underlying explanation other than
> magic because they are too stupid or complacent to observe the roots
> of the technology and understand it.
Or maybe it never occured to them to understand what's going on inside
because it doesn't matter to them. It is a tool, just like a hammer or a
fork. How it works is inconsquential to, for instance, a mother raising 3
kids.
> The herd mentality is killing creativity and hampering our
> understanding of our social being. You will find many millions who say
> "nuclear power and nuclear bombs are bad", but you will find that
> nearly noone can draw a crude diagram of a gun-type fission bomb,
> explain what fission is, or explain how a nuclear power plant works.
> This ignorance, in my mind, invalidates thier opinion on any aspect of
> technology.
This sounds more like lack of good educational systems, something the US
is well known for.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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