Technology

by Glen Roscovich

So-called “High Technology” is such a slut. What do you want, big boy? Do you want to talk to whoever, wherever, whenever you want? No problem – the beta version might be a little expensive and break down too often but just wait- the next generation is just a click away…and cheap, cheap, cheap!

Music?! How about anytime, all the time, right in your head, loud as hell? You got it!

What do you want? Just tell us. We’ll get it for you. Dream it up – you can have it all!

Ooops, sorry. I was just thinking that maybe these extremist fundamental religious sects might have a point. All this shameless pandering to desires we didn’t even know we had is blinding us to the debris trail in its wake.

Effects of the wireless mania that is engulfing our world are poorly understood. Convenience trumps all. Health impacts of holding a transmitter to the side of young heads, our heads, for extended periods of time are not something we like to think about. The increasing clutter of our electromagnetic environment should be a source of concern.
We are electric beings. The currents that energize our thoughts and vital processes are subtle, varied and not well documented. How much research do you think the wireless and cell phone industries have done into the wider and combined impacts of their technologies?.... and how eager do you think they would be to warn us of suspected dangers? Frequencies emitted by the increasing barrage of electrical devices can’t help but overlap and interfere with the currents that animate life itself.

It is hard to argue with the convenience of breaking free of the wires that restrict our freedom of movement in relation to our electronics, but convenience at what cost? We, as a society, have become so hypnotized by the ability of high tech to fulfill our wildest dreams that we seem to assume that it is our right to have whatever we can imagine in the way of electronic toys.