From: Erin (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 12 2005 - 23:16:35 BST
Khaled,
Yes I would rather be healthy than sick..the failure
of technology all makes sense now.What????
Actually what I wanted to write about Marxism but
don't have time...will do it tommorrow has just do
with what you wrote....
'Life, health and time are pretty much it.'
Do you see me writing something that says that you
should obsess about money and ignore life, health, and
time???
No that is not what I am saying at all. So stop
hallmarking me.
What I am saying is all the complaints about greed, no
compassion can be found in all economic statuses and
don't believe you can judge somebody based on it.
I am really lost at what is the point of your post?
Is somebody who thinks technology has failed less
materialistic, less greedy? what?
I just don't get what you are saying...the different
point of view is almost too different to connect with
what was being discussed. And yes face to face
conversations are nice but they aren't always possible
and technology allows contact when it is not possible
to be face to face. Just more choices to me??
Erin
--- khaled Alkotob <khaledsa@juno.com> wrote:
> Ok, lets look at his thing from a different point of
> view.
> Ever had a rough illness, a night spent hunched over
> the toilet, or being
> wheeled in an emergency room. What you would give
> just to feel normal
> again. Just normal. not fabulous, not a million
> dollar, just to be.
> Life, health and time are pretty much it. Then you
> build on that with
> quality.
> Yes it's wonderful that we are chatting back and
> forth, exchanging ideas,
> thinking, wondering, stopping and saying " Haven't
> thought of that
> before", or "he or she may be right (not Platt)" but
> how nice it would be
> to be in the same room, face to face for a few hours
> every couple of
> months.
>
> One of the strong movements taking shape now is
> called "slow food
> movement", a simple premise of enjoying the task of
> growing, cooking and
> eating simple wholesome foods. Making the experience
> a social one with
> family and friends.
> No I don't think calligraphy clubs are going to
> spring out all over
> campuses in the near future.
>
> Khaled
>
>
>
> [Erin]
> > It's not just the title (the failure of
> > technology..the rise of Indian culture or
> something
> > like that) but some of the things said didn't give
> me
> > that impression. Khaled's question was about the
> > quality of life being improved or not. Yes
> technology
> > to me has improved the quality of life.....but
> there
> > is a paradox of progress. Technology gives us
> much
> > time-saving devices (e.g. washing machines) but
> then
> > we seem to be busy as ever. I think that it has
> > increased quality of life because although as busy
> as
> > we are now we have more choices of how to spend
> our
> > time.
> > Technology also gives us devices that suck up
> time
> > like computers where people spend tons of time in
> > discussion groups but its the person's choice to
> spend
> > their time that way. I would rather be surfing
> than
> > washing clothes by hand right now.
> > So you want to say the environment has changed but
> > human hands haven't changed very much?.....don't
> > know...in some ways I agree with that
> > sentiment..people are people but that isn't really
> the
> > sentiment I got from the posts I commented
> on...also
> > think there might be a little underestimation of
> the
> > role of environment there.
> > I think we are changing...I heard some statistic a
> > long time ago but can't remember the exact numbers
> of
> > how much information a modern person comes across
> vs.
> > somebody from the past. The difference was
> > incredible... I actually have mixed feelings about
> > that though....sometimes there just seems to be an
> > information overload in modern times, but maybe
> that
> > should just be approached as more choices too?
> >
> > Erin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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