Comments on: Man Gets Annoyed With Technology, I Get Annoyed With Him http://www.litdrift.com/2009/05/04/man-gets-annoyed-with-technology-i-get-annoyed-with-hi/ Storytelling in the 21st Century Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: JK Kramer http://www.litdrift.com/2009/05/04/man-gets-annoyed-with-technology-i-get-annoyed-with-hi/comment-page-1/#comment-39 JK Kramer Sat, 16 May 2009 14:41:18 +0000 http://litdrift.com/?p=388#comment-39 Well, crap. I did not mean to come off as ageist at all. I apologize. So, yes, the Internet and technology nowadays gives us a healthy dose of narcissism mixed in with our news. That's to be expected. But it's that 10%, or whatever that percentage is, of information that makes it worth it. The value of that small big of information is so high that I'm willing to take it with the rest of the junk we tend to find with the Internet--in other words, the good outweighs the bad. Well, crap. I did not mean to come off as ageist at all. I apologize.

So, yes, the Internet and technology nowadays gives us a healthy dose of narcissism mixed in with our news. That’s to be expected. But it’s that 10%, or whatever that percentage is, of information that makes it worth it. The value of that small big of information is so high that I’m willing to take it with the rest of the junk we tend to find with the Internet–in other words, the good outweighs the bad.

]]> By: Robin http://www.litdrift.com/2009/05/04/man-gets-annoyed-with-technology-i-get-annoyed-with-hi/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Robin Sat, 16 May 2009 07:52:44 +0000 http://litdrift.com/?p=388#comment-38 Everyone seems to take comfort in preconceived notions. If Tom Hodgkinson luddite-lite rant raised your rancor, my left eyebrow was raised at your ageism. My Grandmother (78) introduced me to French Arab rap, think it more poetic than the stuff produced now in America which she found on Pandora and Last FM. Since she is retired she has more time to scan the net on her mac than I do working eight hours a day. Also for the most part Twitter and much of Facebook are just outlines of narcissistic rants and observations. I would argue that perhaps 10% (my guessimate) is information that is newsworthy or pushes knowledge forward. As a creative in NY, before iphones and laptops took off in popularity on the subways, straphangers had interesting, distracting and possibly annoying interactions. Now only the indie merchants hawking warehouse candy and pirated movies on CD's adds flavor to one commute. Irony I I right this on my laptop. There's a story in these opinions that needs to be teased out. arm me with harmony R Everyone seems to take comfort in preconceived notions. If Tom Hodgkinson luddite-lite rant raised your rancor, my left eyebrow was raised at your ageism. My Grandmother (78) introduced me to French Arab rap, think it more poetic than the stuff produced now in America which she found on Pandora and Last FM. Since she is retired she has more time to scan the net on her mac than I do working eight hours a day.

Also for the most part Twitter and much of Facebook are just outlines of narcissistic rants and observations. I would argue that perhaps 10% (my guessimate) is information that is newsworthy or pushes knowledge forward.

As a creative in NY, before iphones and laptops took off in popularity on the subways, straphangers had interesting, distracting and possibly annoying interactions. Now only the indie merchants hawking warehouse candy and pirated movies on CD’s adds flavor to one commute.

Irony I I right this on my laptop. There’s a story in these opinions that needs to be teased out.

arm me with harmony
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