<div>True. However it's not that there's no workaround in most on-the-ground circumstances - if the computer doesnt work we use a paper and pencil so the work gets done (it actually means a bit of a vacation for me since I'm the it manager)... "tech-fetish" is very true; even the most non-techie of non-techies wants a laptop and an iPad today.... I dont know they seem to think it's a status symbol or a trophy of some kind. </div>
<div> </div><div>And every so often we get the device back a few months later, completely unused with a dead battery. Still in the original casing. Dust free. </div><div> </div><div>-C<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Riaz K Tayob <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:riaz.tayob@gmail.com" target="_blank">riaz.tayob@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">
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Not so clear cut I am afraid (not saying there should not be
contingencies...) technology attenuates (strengthens, compensates,
enhances, etc) humans... because well we are partly so ill adapted
to our environment (hence a "technological fetish",however
commodified or not)... and this brings convenience... so we use
technology... and at some point as someone famous once said,
technology uses us... <br>
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it is a dialectical relationship...<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 2012/09/11 11:47 AM, Chaitanya
Dhareshwar wrote:<br>
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<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">"...we have raised a generation that is
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<div>Agreed. I'm going to make it a point to have my kids learn
to survive without these "modern" conveniences... </div>
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<div>-C<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:45 PM, shaila
mistry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shailam@yahoo.com" target="_blank">shailam@yahoo.com</a>></span>
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<div>Well said. We have too much dependence on
technology and have suspended common sense !! What
is even more scary is that we have raised a
generation that is rendered helpless without
computers and cell phones ! <br>
Shaila Rao Mistry </div>
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<hr size="1"> <b> <span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span>
</b> Charity Gamboa <<a href="mailto:charityg@diplomacy.edu" target="_blank">charityg@diplomacy.edu</a>>;
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<b> <span>To:</span> </b> <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>>;
Fahd A. Batayneh <<a href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com" target="_blank">fahd.batayneh@gmail.com</a>>; <br>
<b> <span>Subject:</span> </b> Re: [governance]
United Airlines 'Network Outage' Snarls Air Travel <br>
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<div>You know - network outage may happen
anywhere. We rely so much on technology we
sometimes feel "handicapped" without it. I
taught using smartboards and have made
accommodations on computer use for people
who are handicapped or
with learning disabilities. When our
network crashed, I had no choice but to
teach the old-fashioned way of paper,
highlighter and pen. We can't cancel
classes just because the Internet is down
or the local network is out. This goes
to airlines who are as vulnerable as any
company who rely on the network to do its
work. I don't see how tweeting every
minute until the plane leaves will
accomplish anything other than you have no
choice but for you to wait until the plane
leaves. A couple of months ago my city had
a power outage which messed up all the
traffic lights. Networks went down for 6
hours. I was stuck in traffic and the
intersection becomes a 4-way stop until
uniformed and even off-duty cops directed
traffic. Has anyone ever seen how traffic
enforcers in the Philippines would dance
while directing traffic in order to
entertain motorists? I just think that
people complain too much. My students
complain too much. Would you expect a
college student to run back for a textbook
to their dorm? Nope - but they will if
they forgot their phone. We only just
seem to think we are powerless when in
fact human ingenuity is still alive. </div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Charity </div>
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2012 at 1:15 AM, Fahd A. Batayneh <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow">fahd.batayneh@gmail.com</a>></span>
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This is the ugly side of relying
heavily on technology.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Fahd<br>
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