“The Luddites have a point – there is something slightly obscene about the way we perpetually upgrade. Rare minerals, stained in the blood of local conflicts, are used to give us more kit with which to talk about medical soaps with friends in Korea or swap high-definition photos of cute cats. We are just that used to having the privilege to broadcast our liberal guilt and there may well be no hope for us.”
iPad 2 – just another disappointing love affair? by Roz Kaveney on guardian.co.uk
Also, worth reflections:
Your mobile phone has more computing power than all of NASA in 1969. NASA put a man on the moon. We put a bird into pigs.
http://twitter.com/moskovich/status/50164474912587776
via moskovich / Sean Moss-Pultz