Information Becomes a Distraction

[YankeeFan]

With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Re: Information Becomes a Ditraction

Your spelling in the thread title is distracting me.

 

[YankeeFan]

Re: Information Becomes a Ditraction

Your spelling in the thread title is distracting me.

If you agree to remove your post, I'll change it.

 

[spnited]

He would remove it but he's distratced by his iPod

 

[YankeeFan]

He would remove it but he's distratced by his iPod

I'm still trying to figure out how to use it.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Your correction is me noted. But I ain't giving up the post.

 

[spnited]

I don't have any iPod, nor an iPad,XBox, PS 1, 2 or 3, Wii, or even a blackberry.

But damn, my turntable works great!

 

[dooley_womack1]

Have you had to have the crank replaced?

 

[YankeeFan]

I don't have any iPod, nor an iPad,XBox, PS 1, 2 or 3, Wii, or even a blackberry.

But damn, my turntable works great!

Doesn't sound like you have to worry about too much information.

No wonder you never come across as distracted.

 

[spnited]

Have you had to have the crank replaced?

Hey, I had one of those, too. An antique. Lost it in the divorce.

 

[YankeeFan]

Have you had to have the crank replaced?

Hey, I had one of those, too. An antique. Lost it in the divorce.

I've got an old Victrola. Plays '78s. Love it.

But damn it, this thread is not working out like I was hoping it to.

 

[dreunc1542]

Maybe because it's a dumb thread. I don't own any game systems but I know that without my iPod, I wouldn't get nearly as much reading on my morning commute as I do now. As it has always been, the key to making information a tool of empowerment is in the hands of those taking in the information. For someone who openly cheers on the party of personal responsibility, you certainly seem to be passing it off with this thread.

 

[Law_Student]

 

[spnited]

Your red x is distracting me, law_student.

 

[YankeeFan]

Maybe because it's a dumb thread. I don't own any game systems but I know that without my iPod, I wouldn't get nearly as much reading on my morning commute as I do now. As it has always been, the key to making information a tool of empowerment is in the hands of those taking in the information. For someone who openly cheers on the party of personal responsibility, you certainly seem to be passing it off with this thread.

I stand by my opening statement.

I can't imagine anyone disagreeing with me.

There's just too much information. It's just a distraction.

 

[BTExpress]

Half of us have been laid off (or so it seems), and the other half is barely making a living wage (or so it seems).

Yet everybody seems to have an iPhone or Kindle or satellite TV and owns 87 of Spin Magazine's Top 125 albums and can act as the ultimate expert on everything to see and do in Vegas, baby.

Still can't fathom the inconsistency in all that.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

There was too much information 30 years ago, before iPods, wi-fi and whatnot. There's just far more now. Relax. You can't keep up. Don't try.

 

[dreunc1542]

Maybe because it's a dumb thread. I don't own any game systems but I know that without my iPod, I wouldn't get nearly as much reading on my morning commute as I do now. As it has always been, the key to making information a tool of empowerment is in the hands of those taking in the information. For someone who openly cheers on the party of personal responsibility, you certainly seem to be passing it off with this thread.

I stand by my opening statement.

I can't imagine anyone disagreeing with me.

There's just too much information. It's just a distraction.

Or you could be an informed citizen and intelligently filter the information. It's actually pretty simple since 99% of the stuff on the internet or television that's disguising itself as news is garbage. Newspapers, and their web sites, are still great places for straight news. Books and literary magazines are still great for becoming a more learned individual, whether in actual or Kindle form.

I've read about 20-25 books since moving to NYC in September and having an iPod to block out the noise on the subway is one of the main reasons why. I don't see how that's a bad thing.

 

[JackReacher]

I'd go with "so it seems."

 

[YankeeFan]

Maybe because it's a dumb thread. I don't own any game systems but I know that without my iPod, I wouldn't get nearly as much reading on my morning commute as I do now. As it has always been, the key to making information a tool of empowerment is in the hands of those taking in the information. For someone who openly cheers on the party of personal responsibility, you certainly seem to be passing it off with this thread.

I stand by my opening statement.

I can't imagine anyone disagreeing with me.

There's just too much information. It's just a distraction.

Or you could be an informed citizen and intelligently filter the information. It's actually pretty simple since 99% of the stuff on the internet or television that's disguising itself as news is garbage. Newspapers, and their web sites, are still great places for straight news. Books and literary magazines are still great for becoming a more learned individual, whether in actual or Kindle form.

I've read about 20-25 books since moving to NYC in September and having an iPod to block out the noise on the subway is one of the main reasons why. I don't see how that's a bad thing.

We are in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always rank that high on the truth meter.