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"Smart" phones make people into dumb proles
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But why does it matter? My dad knew how to change the oil in his car, give it a lube, and tweak the carb ... I'm okay with taking mine in for servicing when it tells me to. I don't need to know the inner workings of everything I use, I'm okay with deferring some things to the experts.

What does matter though is the access to unfettered information. As long as technology-for-the-masses gets everyone access to wikipedia & webmd & the like, then I'm okay with the new paradigm. Seriously, most consumers don't need to understand how AD works or what a reverse proxy is.
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RE: "Smart" phones make people into dumb proles - by tg63 - 06-30-2017, 10:53 AM

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