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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 762871" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I read a few years ago that in the works cell phone-type devices were soon to be implanted in the head. The idea was convenience???!!! I was horrified and I still am. If you think about it, how far off are we really, with digital watches, cell phones, earbuds, etc. becoming extensions of the body and often monitoring bodily functions?</p><p></p><p>My vice is internet shopping. I know I am being controlled. So I don't think these problems are confined to the young.</p><p></p><p>I am horrified to see pictures of the Amazon Warehouses, that I support, which look like death to me. Worse than industrial prisons. Or as bad. And the workers are similarly confined inside. How different is this from the industrial conditions in 3rd world countries, whose exploitation I support by buying throw-away clothes and things with built-in obsolescence? To me, all of this is a piece. I disgust myself.</p><p></p><p>We are consumption machines. It is almost as if we can't sit quietly without consuming something. Through ears, mouths, eyes. What Crayola wrote about, is the love of producing, by writing or mathematics or study. The opposite of mindless consumption.</p><p></p><p>Have young people lost the idea of producing themselves? Of writing their own life stories whether through education or building a business or recovering from drugs or creating art? If this is the case what in the world is to become of us?</p><p></p><p>My own son for whatever reason (mental illness, probably) cannot or will not see himself as capable of producing anything at all. Not a day's work, not a balanced budget for the month. He goes from month to month from the large metro back to here, based on how much money he has. He will speak about doing something, but it is manipulation, like splashing water. My son does write beautifully. And he reads incessantly. But he can't or won't make or do anything that has any worth for himself or anybody else.</p><p></p><p>The things that give me real pleasure are the same things I enjoyed in childhood: reading library books, drawing, painting, walking, and dancing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 762871, member: 18958"] I read a few years ago that in the works cell phone-type devices were soon to be implanted in the head. The idea was convenience???!!! I was horrified and I still am. If you think about it, how far off are we really, with digital watches, cell phones, earbuds, etc. becoming extensions of the body and often monitoring bodily functions? My vice is internet shopping. I know I am being controlled. So I don't think these problems are confined to the young. I am horrified to see pictures of the Amazon Warehouses, that I support, which look like death to me. Worse than industrial prisons. Or as bad. And the workers are similarly confined inside. How different is this from the industrial conditions in 3rd world countries, whose exploitation I support by buying throw-away clothes and things with built-in obsolescence? To me, all of this is a piece. I disgust myself. We are consumption machines. It is almost as if we can't sit quietly without consuming something. Through ears, mouths, eyes. What Crayola wrote about, is the love of producing, by writing or mathematics or study. The opposite of mindless consumption. Have young people lost the idea of producing themselves? Of writing their own life stories whether through education or building a business or recovering from drugs or creating art? If this is the case what in the world is to become of us? My own son for whatever reason (mental illness, probably) cannot or will not see himself as capable of producing anything at all. Not a day's work, not a balanced budget for the month. He goes from month to month from the large metro back to here, based on how much money he has. He will speak about doing something, but it is manipulation, like splashing water. My son does write beautifully. And he reads incessantly. But he can't or won't make or do anything that has any worth for himself or anybody else. The things that give me real pleasure are the same things I enjoyed in childhood: reading library books, drawing, painting, walking, and dancing. [/QUOTE]
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