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Modern Tech Versus the Past
CNETNate writes "Most of us assume modern life is the peak of human achievement, but is it really? CNET decided to take a look at the major technologies of the modern world and compare them to their closest equivalent of pre-digital mankind — Facebook vs. dinner parties, World of Warcraft vs. actual war craft, iPhones vs. hills on fire — and the results are surprising. And slightly dumb, so laugh."
As you can see, ancient life beats modern life in all respects. Modern life doesn't even come close, scoring a rather embarrassing nought out of ten.
I would have to disagree. Sure you can pick a few things which outcome is that, but you really have to look at the larger picture.
As an example, if you think about the medieval era and how you moved around, there we're basically two options:
1) by horse
2) by walking
This meant that every business had to own a horse and feed it to move around. For a real world example, it also created problems for pizzeria's home delivery, because the horse would eat the pizza.
But one must also note that some things actually were better on older times. When you ordered a pizza, you knew it would be baked for you with love and it would be delicious to eat. Now someone justs sends me a pizza gift on Facebook. Thanks for the mockery, I say.
Basically what I am saying is that technology makes things less personal. The same way that salad is shit compared to Pizza Hut's delicious pan pizza, e-card is shit compared to a real postcard because it just doesn't have the same feeling.
Sorry. We geeks playing World of Warcraft would not be engaged in killing each other if not for the game. WoW is the low tech equivalent of jumping out from behind a rock with a stick and shouting "bang bang!". And the WoW forums are the equivalent of "I shot you your dead! Am not!" arguments.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
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MP3s vs. 1 Man Bands
Twitter vs. Bathroom Walls
Science vs. Mad Science
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Endless useless meetings and reports vs forging and basic survival
Alcohol.
Yep part of me misses those days. I am only 23 and I feel old writing about that kind of thing....the worst part is I don't even have a lawn yet....
No worries, you can get off mine.
When men were men and women cooked dinner!
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
During lunch at school you would say "Meet at the pool around 4:00 and we'll figure something out."
OK, speaking as an old-timer of 48, I have to second this. That was how we did did "meet-ups" back in the day. Of course, it was "the cracker barrel at the general store", not "the pool". And what we usually settled on doing was some variation of rolling the an old barrel hoop down the dirt road with a stick. But that was mainly to take our minds of the folksy banjo music that accompanied us wherever we went.
Still, we were happy although we didn't have much. Folks weren't so jaded back then. People had solid *values*, like patriotism, racism and exflunctication.
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The trebuchet has the advantage in that it can fire anything...
Which is scarier?
"SCREEEEEEEECHMM"...BOOM!"
or...
"MOOOOOOOOOOOOO... SPLAT!"
or... (for dramatic effect)...
"Are those HEADS they're throwing at us?"