I’m not sure what this says about my general psychological state, but whenever I hear about new technology, I immediately think of all the ways it could be used for untoward activity. For instance, there is a feature on Google Maps that allows you to have a street view of the address you search. Now, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘technology’
Maybe I'm Just Paranoid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged google maps, identity, privacy, Sheboygan, technology, the internet on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Critical Spirit Creates
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aristotle, art, creativity, machines, philosophy, quotations, technology, Thales on September 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.” -Oscar Wilde I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Technology kills creativity. Or at least misdirects it toward the amorphous illusion of “progress.” It is generally thought that Thales was the first philosopher in the Greek tradition, living sometime around 620 to 540 [...]
Yes, this is a blog, but I'm no technophile.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged communication, technology, this generation on July 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I don’t have a BlackBerry, an iPhone, or any of the knockoffs. I don’t have an iPod. I rarely download music or movies. I don’t use my cell phone very often because I hardly keep any minutes on it. I have never even owned a video camera, and I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t be [...]
