inferiority complex thy suffer…

Trivias

* Still using a handphone which is insipidly dull,colourless, camera-less, mp3-less, a non GPRS compatible and still emits a blue light  when turned on the black, grainy ,LCD screen.
Point here: It is still functioning efficiently in receiving and making calls, receiving and sending messages like any other over-the-toply , ridiculously expensive Sony Ericcsons and Nokia N series.Mind you, this is my latest handphone, apart from the ancient 3310.

* Come into possession with a digital camera just recently in the end of the year 2006. A cheap bargain.Before this, the household relies on an old-fashioned roll film camera while everyone was snapping fancy , shiny,  coloured LCD screened cybershots.

Point message: I experienced a conscience when realised i had enough of squeezing my right eye into a tiny little screen while my left eye was squinting when making a snapshot. Also had enough of ‘pembaziran’ of my precious 36 film capacity by my trigger-happy brothers who shot at anything from the ceiling fan to the floral prints on the curtain.
Any more or less,digital or not, they all function just the same. Capture pictures.

Its not i could not afford more technological advanced handphones or bought the digicam earlier. I just could not see the point of buying them untill desperation calls for swift action.If the old ones cannot function or become obsolete, only then i fork out my cash.

* I use the stairs to go down, not the lift. ( hanim can testify to this)

    I simply refused to be part of the current global obsession who’s mission statement of life is to grab of the shelf anything the slightest sophisticated than one currently posess and discard the former.Say, John has a perfectly functioning digicam with " image stability mode". Meanwhile, manufacturer A, being the vintage chauvinistic key player in the sales and marketing department decided to release cameras with
" dual image stability mode" into the lucrative market.
By then,our friend John is already heading to nearest electronic store, money in pocket .
Says John, " Why,the new one was..well, more stable than my old one"

    Along the same sentiment,we create technology and it seems that technology is ruling us like the idiot box had succesfully done.And it’s sad that people is having this misconception that technology also acts as this great problem solver.Like computers,its frightening that more people are getting confused that the advancement of computers are the yardstick of one’s own basic cognitive skills.Which explains the pheomenon of throwing computers at problem areas as a quick fix.
I applaud current developments that the rural schools are now getting  computers andfully-furnished labs to lessen the digital divide.

    Granted, one should draw the line between information and knowledge. The thrill of easy access  to information does not necessarily mean more knowledge. Knowledge is needed to make sense of information;therefore if we keep inundating the generation with context-less information without having the objective of knowledge in mind, it’ll be utterly meaningless.

    To start thinking that technology is not really that God-like after all seems like a smart move.Also to stop dismissing that electroic equipments are just harmless, neutral , man made copper creations might be wise.Their mere existence,actually had major impact on human emotions and relations. Specifically in terms of inducing behaviour of humans. Human acts and decisions are highly dependant on a boxy little thing called computers.

Wouldn’t it be better if one excercise more caution, to look at technology with condensed suspicion rather than as a best friend.Their capablities of not just creating but destroying too is no longer questionable.

To put things into perspective, decreasing reliance on technology can potentially reduce that long overdue bank draft.

Writers note: the writer would like to thank ENG4U final paper questions for providing inspiration,also the question’s writer too.

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