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5.27.2003
Why Does it Cost so Much? The universe of opportunity is expanding, in a technological way. The possibilities of what can be accomplished with modern technology boggles my mind. And the way that everyday people respond to that technology baffles me. The common garden variety consumer of technology has only vague notions of what is going on around them. A revolution brews outside their windows so they step out into the world, credit card in hand and they leap into the throng. The possibilities quickly drown out their imaginations. Getting a computer home, unwrapping it and staring at the screen for a few minutes hardly feels like a rush of history sweeping you away. We build dream, idealolized versions of ourselves, molded by commercial messages that weave a world of plugged-in fast moving creative modernity where we weild shiny metalic devices like appendages. And the world changes. The only thing expanding faster than our abilities is our expectations. How else can we explain our complete lack of amazement when a child can hold in his hand more computing power than was used to send men to the moon? Scientists string together a hundred Playstation 2's to build a supercomputer. We have access to an amost endless supply of information at our fingertips. We can self publish our own movies, music and books but do we have the desire to do so? | |
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