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| From | "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: an iPod question (xposted) |
| Date | Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:22:06 -0400 |
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> FYI: Not the last person in America. I don't have an iPod or anything like
> one. Not planning on it, either.
ditto. i guess i'm never that far away from anything where i feel the
absolute need to have my entire collection available at a moment's notice. i
take sott discs on trips. i go to see live bands. i'm not gone for more than
10-14 days at a time and i can cope.
<segue>
while i appreciate the technology and think the benefits are great...what's
frightening to me is the increasing isolationism...it's all about laptops
and texting and earbuds and blackberries...and yes, internet groups and chat
rooms and (cough) blogs...yet people wonder why it seems like communication
skills are non-existent, writing had gone to hell and people seem apathetic
in the midst of events that should scare the heebee-jeebees out of them.
people don't TALK as much anymore. what i'm doing here isn't talking.
texting isn't talking. emailing isn't talking. podcasting isn't talking.
keith richards was wrong. talk isn't cheap.
cheers
b
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