Friday, March 21, 2014

Technology does not equal wisdom

Victor Davis Hanson asks,
What does it matter that millions of American students can communicate across thousands of miles instantly with their iPads and iPhones if a poorly educated generation increasingly has little to say?

To paraphrase Shane of Western movie fame: A laptop is only as bad or as good as the person using it.

People use the self check registers at supermarkets, because they don't want to wait in line for a human cashier to check them out. Too often the result is that the customer leaves the store disgruntled. Some throw outright temper tantrums. These are exacerbated for some males if the voice inside the computer is female.

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