Being an \u00a0 unregistered and uncertified Curmudgeon, I have seen, Forrest Gump like , the changes in society and our political culture this march of technology has wrought.<\/p>\n
Going from a day when the number of memo copies was based on how many carbons you could convince a secretary (that is what they were called back then) to jam in her Selectric (Answer 4, 5 if you got a good one) to todays ubiquitous sharing of instant video globally has been a wonder, but also a loss of things like:<\/p>\n
Reflection, Proofreading, Time to consider secondary effects, Questions like “Why are two hundred people on the copy list?”.<\/p>\n
As in war (See Civil War,\u00a0 USA) when the weaponry outstrips the tactics and practice, our communications technology is beyond our ability to deploy it well except to slaughter our opponents.<\/p>\n
I used to bemoan the GOP when they were always the ones being machine gunned down by the other side \u00a0 attacking with claims and falsehoods at a high rate of fire.<\/p>\n
I do believe POTUS understand offensive communications, in all senses of the concept. It may be the thing that keeps him afloat. I also see the GOP still recommending immediate surrender when dirty info is fired.<\/p>\n
I just sit here, wondering how quaint this will all look when the next generation of communication technology becomes widespread. I am pretty sure I will not want to do a direct neural link to anything coming from either of the parties we have today.<\/p>\n
Being an \u00a0 unregistered and uncertified Curmudgeon, I have seen, Forrest Gump like , the changes in society and our political culture this march of technology has wrought.<\/p>\n
Going from a day when the number of memo copies was based on how many carbons you could convince a secretary (that is what they were called back then) to jam in her Selectric (Answer 4, 5 if you got a good one) to todays ubiquitous sharing of instant video globally has been a wonder, but also a loss of things like:<\/p>\n
Reflection, Proofreading, Time to consider secondary effects, Questions like “Why are two hundred people on the copy list?”.<\/p>\n
As in war (See Civil War,\u00a0 USA) when the weaponry outstrips the tactics and practice, our communications technology is beyond … Continue reading