Technology: devil's spawn - world domination in politics

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Pollytician Joined : 27 Feb 2007 Posts : 198

It's all done with mirrors.

that's about as technological as I get sometimes.

Pollytician Joined : 02 Apr 2007 Posts : 15

Haha i laughed my but off at this entire page!!! Way off topic people. I have to say i have love hate relationship with technology. I know that technology keeps us in touch and hey i love messenger, google, my mp3 player, music downloads and the rest. I thought i was such an individual by voting to ride bikes (silent vote i know) but seems like many agree.

I am conflicted though as i believe that technology and globalisation go hand in hand. Technology is used for good and for evil.. I guess you could say i have a love hate relationship with technology. I think it makes things less personal...

Has anyone ever gone for a walk in the city, Brisbane for example? I can't get anyone to say g'day to me cos they all have their earphones in. Or they are on their mobiles. We all just pretend that other people don't exist..

Pollytician Joined : 02 Apr 2007 Posts : 15

Yeah i repeated myself there i see. What i'm trying to say is. Does technology keep us close or does it push us further from eachother? What do you think?

Technology is good but it leads to consumerism. We all want to have the latest gadgets and the USA is a good example of this getting out of hand.
One thing I do hate though is voice answering services on the phone. Half the time you never get to speak to a real person, and when you do get to speak to someone, they are too much in a rush because technology tend to speed things up too fast.

Pollytician Joined : 05 Mar 2007 Posts : 180

I can't stand message banks, answering machines, companies like
Centrelink where you have to wait forever, that recorded voice when I
report to C/Link, marketing calls - "please push 1" then after that
"please push 5" & on and on (you should try ringing Vodafone lol), etc etc.

Technology has really been a blessing in my case with CFS - not being able to work full time and mainly being at home. As far as
bringing us together, I've belonged to a graphics forum since 2001 and
I have so many friends there now. As far as pushing us apart, hubby
once said I love my pc more than the family - yeah right - I think he
lost his marbles that one time lol... he's got 'em back now Big Grin

.... And my pc is off the lounge room so I'm close when he's watching tv - hey, he loves his tv more than me Big Grin