tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307246258834168852.post894441453941412293..comments2023-10-07T04:25:23.792-07:00Comments on dailywombat: Technology and Its Discontentsjfwasikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765380482300292433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307246258834168852.post-31221967353991275522008-03-11T16:30:00.000-07:002008-03-11T16:30:00.000-07:00John - great view into our increasingly accelerati...John - great view into our increasingly accelerating world of techno-hype-"progress".<BR/><BR/>I have learned from my daily work in the land of never-ending technological advance that to be truly inspired we must first have the muse within us - that no technology can ever act as substitute - not even the latest iPhone with Google inside!<BR/><BR/>We all know those who seem to create, produce and find more inspiration with a hammer/nail, pen/paper, needle/thread than all the great mass of blackberry addicts combined. The best technologies (like the three above, for example) are the ones that are the most easily bent, molded and directed through the creative plans and actions already in play by us, the user. You never even know they're there.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if turning away from the new and "to the old" could ever untangle the intertwining of man/machine that's been with us since the opposable thumb - but I do think that we can at least alter this social fabric for the better with a recognition that technology can only allow inspiration when we are its masters and we ourselves are the muse.ThinkResultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11753448409991856085noreply@blogger.com