Will We Look Up at the Stars Or Down at Our Navels?

Thanks, Ulysses:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2875997/Next-year-s-big-trend-ANTI-TECH-2015-set-year-people-forsake-gadgets-social-networks-simpler-life.html

What bothers me most about technology is that it is misused, mostly towards fruitless ends. The average smartphone could easily power a manned mission to some distant planet, but instead it's being used to squish berries in a tedious game of some sort. Instead of looking up to the stars and wondering about the future of human endeavour, we're staring at our navels at every opportunity, hoping to beat a previous high-score and considering that some sort of worthy achievement. We don't need half the technology we own. Perhaps that sounds odd coming from a computer science graduate, but there you are.

Merry Christmas to all.

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Comments

[Rob]

It does seem counter-intuitive, but I believe you are correct: the way forward technologically is via backing up out of the social media murk. You and the linked article make these points well. And if that sounds odd coming from a computer science graduate, it shouldn’t, because here sits a physicist agreeing with your opinions.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!