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In March of 2008, someone – probably in India – bought a mobile telephone. By itself, that wouldn’t be particularly noteworthy, yet it represented a watershed: the halfway mark of humanity’s accelerating interconnection. … one person in two, are wired into the global network.
I continue to be a Luddite.
Maybe after I’m uploaded, I’ll carry a cellphone then.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Too bad you’re not wired into the global network then. Join us! It’s so beautiful….
May 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
After you’ve uploaded, will you need a mobile? For that matter, will you be able to *carry* it? Transhumanist entities (in general) have neither handbags nor pockets…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
[quote comment="141626"]After you’ve uploaded, will you need a mobile? For that matter, will you be able to *carry* it? [/quote]
Yes, you got some of the humor.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Transhumanist entities (in general) have neither handbags nor pockets…
Unless you’re a transhuman entity who goes in for the ‘retro’ look.
May 11th, 2008 at 5:58 am
People with dignity and a taste for privacy eschew the cell phone. And the pager. And the BlackBerry. And those cute lapel-pin communicators from Star Trek.
Anyone who wants to reach me either 1) knows where I am at the moment, and therefore where to find me, or 2) doesn’t, and therefore is not among those persons I would want to be pestered by under prevailing circumstances. All else is madness set to a trendy ringtone.
May 11th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
People with dignity and a taste for privacy eschew the cell phone. And the pager. And the BlackBerry. And those cute lapel-pin communicators from Star Trek.
I draw the line at the cell phone. But .. work insists on being able to reach me 24×7, so a cell phone it is.
Hey – someone’s gotta be there when the mail server goes blam.