http://www.dlkeur.com/dlkeur-blog/2009/02/13/social-networking-fools/ artist, webmaster and website designer, author/novelist Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dlkeur.com/dlkeur-blog/2009/02/13/social-networking-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-100 dlkeur Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:27:15 +0000 http://www.dlkeur.com/dlkeur-blog/?p=102#comment-100 You said it. *applause* You said it. *applause*

]]> http://www.dlkeur.com/dlkeur-blog/2009/02/13/social-networking-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Geoff Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:38:19 +0000 http://www.dlkeur.com/dlkeur-blog/?p=102#comment-98 Hmmmmm,I tend to agree. I take out groups of conservation volunteers and won`t allow them to take their mobile phones with them while working.Two reasons really,the first because they are too distracting and the second that they inevitably get lost and/or damaged. I`ve a phone `box` in the minubus under one of the seats,it`s locked securely to keep the contents safe and when on breaks,lunch etc I unlock it for the people who cannot survive without their technology fix. They can be hungry,wet and cold but while I`m tucking into a sandwich and a hot drink they`ll be causing a repetative strain injury to their thumbs! It`s a form of population control and the insidious march of unnecessary technology is designed to `hook and hold`. Of course in the UK there are special deals to be had if you sign up to contracts,give all your details and agree to accept more garbage and junkmail/offers through the post. I myself have an old(almost 10 year old actually)mobile,set up simply as a `pay as you go`,I change my sim card twice a year and never give my number out unless it`s to someone I want to have it. These technophiles are allowing the psychosell to wash over them like waves on a beach and it`s slowly eroding the `self`,as it`s designed to do of course. Hmmmmm,I tend to agree.
I take out groups of conservation volunteers and won`t allow them to take their mobile phones with them while working.Two reasons really,the first because they are too distracting and the second that they inevitably get lost and/or damaged.
I`ve a phone `box` in the minubus under one of the seats,it`s locked securely to keep the contents safe and when on breaks,lunch etc I unlock it for the people who cannot survive without their technology fix.
They can be hungry,wet and cold but while I`m tucking into a sandwich and a hot drink they`ll be causing a repetative strain injury to their thumbs!
It`s a form of population control and the insidious march of unnecessary technology is designed to `hook and hold`.
Of course in the UK there are special deals to be had if you sign up to contracts,give all your details and agree to accept more garbage and junkmail/offers through the post.
I myself have an old(almost 10 year old actually)mobile,set up simply as a `pay as you go`,I change my sim card twice a year and never give my number out unless it`s to someone I want to have it.
These technophiles are allowing the psychosell to wash over them like waves on a beach and it`s slowly eroding the `self`,as it`s designed to do of course.

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