http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/6925805.htm
The appeal of technology can be seductive, and in some cases, produces effects, as this columnist arges, which are equivalent to addiction -- something addressed by E.M. Forster nearly 80 years ago in his story "The Machine Stops". There is no question we do become dependent, and as users of Microsoft operating systems in particular have learned to their cost, this dependency can be used against us.
As this article notes, there are important political costs to this technological dependency, and the nature of the situation means that these are getting higher and higher, with no apparent way out, short of radical action. Somehow, I get the feeling we have been through all this before....
Posted by jho at October 13, 2003 12:03 PM