Technology becoming too pervasive?

fatmac · 01-12-2017, 01:08 PM

Can't find your way around?
Get a map.

With a compass, you can find out where you are if you are outdoors & lost as well.
No need for batteries or chargers either.

ondoho · 01-12-2017, 01:39 PM

surprisingly many people are not able to make out the approximate time of day & compass directions from the position of the sun.
and i mean at home, not on some unknown continent.

goumba · 01-13-2017, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by frankbell

It's not technology that's the problem. It's the stupid.

Agreed, completely. And the technology is leading the some of stupid to believe they're smart.

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Originally Posted by ondoho

i think society is missing conventions about smartphone usage, or sometimes even common sense.
like: while you are getting on a bus or crossing the street or in interaction (however passing and superficial), you put it in your pocket.
society is full of unwritten rules & conventions, but they (the rules & conventions) haven't caught up with mobile devices.
i sincerely hope they will.

Funny you put it that way. I was just watching a clip of a show by the comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, who stated something to this effect. Paraphrasing, he said that his parents gave him rules to society growing up, and apparently nobody is given these rules anymore.