Simple Human

[Lil axe]

i opened up a new tab and this story appeared -

How the Personal Computer Broke the Human Body

Decades before 'Zoom fatigue' broke our spirits, the so-called computer revolution brought with it a world of pain previously unknown to humankind.

www.vice.com

something i've been noticing past couple years, is dumbing down the human, while boosting up the device

i purchased a garbage can for the kitchen, the brand was - simple human, while my wife has a mobile phone that is called a smart phone

human simple, phone smart

guess just noticing it more

 

[Orwell's mentor]

Interesting that the Gates funded John Hopkins University will have an extended version of this in ‘22. As well, these two threads sort of touch on this article here:

How Technology Is Making Us Less Intelligent

This is strictly opinion. I think it's all going to turn our minds soft. GPS: we don't know addresses or have much of a sense of direction Social Media: how are interpersonal relations being affected here? will the next generation know how to make eye contact with one another and speak out...

vigilantcitizenforums.com

School dumps iPads, returns to paper textbooks

https://www.smh.com.au/education/major-distraction-school-dumps-ipads-returns-to-paper-textbooks-20190329-p5191r.html

vigilantcitizenforums.com

That said, the article does seem to discuss the issue of the chronic pain and eye strain one would develop sitting in front of computer. It also delves into job satisfaction while working, which I think is telling considering many are working remotely. I would even argue that this would be a good advertisement for the trades industry, as there are many things the computer has done to our lives to make them what they are today, which can lead many feeling dissatisfied.

Marshall McLuhan’s “the medium is the message” comes to mind. While studying his theories in university, he would bore me to tears, however, now that I'm older, I now have the patience and respect what he has to say. Here’s a good video segment of Marshall discussing what his definition means. However, I know Lindsay Wagner would not be impressed with what he’s said about the Bionic Woman because she’s said in interviews, she finally accepted the role because her friend convinced her it would be an opportunity for her to be role model for children using television. Lindsay initially turned down the role because she didn't like violence:

Marshall Mcluhan Full lecture: The medium is the message - 1977 part 1 v 3

If interested, here's Part 2 and Part 3

I think essentially, we need to be self aware, or develop meta-cognition when using all forms of media, and naturally, I think this includes computers. While the content/medium may change according to McLuhan, if we understand that it is a form of communication… a means to an end, we can put computers/cellphones and all forms of media into context when if comes to our daily lives (in Part 2, according to McLuhan, Jane Austen makes an intriguing observation). If we don’t, I think we run the risk of not extrapolating our lives from technology. Those who are unable to do so might actually become their own ghost in the machine.

 

[Maldarker]

A senior IBM inventor has predicted that within 20 years humans will be injected with nanomachines that will be able to repair and enhance our bodies and augment our thoughts.

“We may see AI nanomachines being injected into our bodies. These will provide huge medical benefits, such as being able to repair damage to cells, muscles and bones perhaps even augment them," McNamara said to the committee, which is weighing up the economic, ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence.
The expert predicted within two decades humans and machines will effectively be “melded” together, paving the way for huge advancements in human consciousness.

"We see the creation of technology that can meld the biological with the technological, and so be able to enhance human cognitive capability directly, potentially offering greatly improved mental (capabilities), as well as being able to utilise vast quantities of computing power to augment our own thought processes.”

"Using this technology embedded in ourselves and in our surroundings, we begin to be able to control our environment with thoughts and gestures alone,” he added.

The predictive program here is man machine good -simple human dumb can't do without the "melding of the two".

 

[Orwell's mentor]

A senior IBM inventor has predicted that within 20 years humans will be injected with nanomachines that will be able to repair and enhance our bodies and augment our thoughts.

“We may see AI nanomachines being injected into our bodies. These will provide huge medical benefits, such as being able to repair damage to cells, muscles and bones perhaps even augment them," McNamara said to the committee, which is weighing up the economic, ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence.
The expert predicted within two decades humans and machines will effectively be “melded” together, paving the way for huge advancements in human consciousness.

"We see the creation of technology that can meld the biological with the technological, and so be able to enhance human cognitive capability directly, potentially offering greatly improved mental (capabilities), as well as being able to utilise vast quantities of computing power to augment our own thought processes.”

"Using this technology embedded in ourselves and in our surroundings, we begin to be able to control our environment with thoughts and gestures alone,” he added.

The predictive program here is man machine good -simple human dumb can't do without the "melding of the two".

If that's the case, then someone would need to create technology that never needs to be upgraded. Otherwise, I think it would be a fruitless endeavor or maybe that's the point... from a nefarious perspective, that is.

 

[Lil axe]

Interesting that the Gates funded John Hopkins University will have an extended version of this in ‘22. As well, these two threads sort of touch on this article here:

How Technology Is Making Us Less Intelligent

This is strictly opinion. I think it's all going to turn our minds soft. GPS: we don't know addresses or have much of a sense of direction Social Media: how are interpersonal relations being affected here? will the next generation know how to make eye contact with one another and speak out...

vigilantcitizenforums.com

School dumps iPads, returns to paper textbooks

https://www.smh.com.au/education/major-distraction-school-dumps-ipads-returns-to-paper-textbooks-20190329-p5191r.html

vigilantcitizenforums.com

That said, the article does seem to discuss the issue of the chronic pain and eye strain one would develop sitting in front of computer. It also delves into job satisfaction while working, which I think is telling considering many are working remotely. I would even argue that this would be a good advertisement for the trades industry, as there are many things the computer has done to our lives to make them what they are today, which can lead many feeling dissatisfied.

Marshall McLuhan’s “the medium is the message” comes to mind. While studying his theories in university, he would bore me to tears, however, now that I'm older, I now have the patience and respect what he has to say. Here’s a good video segment of Marshall discussing what his definition means. However, I know Lindsay Wagner would not be impressed with what he’s said about the Bionic Woman because she’s said in interviews, she finally accepted the role because her friend convinced her it would be an opportunity for her to be role model for children using television. Lindsay initially turned down the role because she didn't like violence:

Marshall Mcluhan Full lecture: The medium is the message - 1977 part 1 v 3

If interested, here's Part 2 and Part 3

I think essentially, we need to be self aware, or develop meta-cognition when using all forms of media, and naturally, I think this includes computers. While the content/medium may change according to McLuhan, if we understand that it is a form of communication… a means to an end, we can put computers/cellphones and all forms of media into context when if comes to our daily lives (in Part 2, according to McLuhan, Jane Austen makes an intriguing observation). If we don’t, I think we run the risk of not extrapolating our lives from technology. Those who are unable to do so might actually become their own ghost in the machine.

thank you
i will finish watching them tonight

 

[Lil axe]

If that's the case, then someone would need to create technology that never needs to be upgraded. Otherwise, I think it would be a fruitless endeavor or maybe that's the point... from a nefarious perspective, that is.

but relying on such technologies also has downfalls-

 

[Lil axe]

people are depending on technology instead of thinking, a few people i know use their gps even in familiar areas, where they've already been, alot of stories of ones following the gps blindly and ending off road, always depending on technologies and not thinking is really weakening the brain. i brought our work truck into the dealer, the four wheel drive wasn't working, the tech (not a mechanic, but a tech) uses the diagnostic tool, reads the code, then calls me and says the oxygen sensor is gone in bank 2, i said i know, was diagnosed before , and the bank was faulty, i brought the truck in for the four wheel drive, and that oxygen does not control or engage the 4 wheel drive, he disagreed because the code said that it was an oxygen sensor, and that was the problem, he wouldn't listen to me, and went ahead and ordered the sensor, phones me after and says the 4 wheel drive still doesn't work, and it was the actuator, that engages the 4 wheel drive, an example of one thinking the machine was superior to the mind

 

[The Agrarian]

My inner neo-Luddite reactionary is loving every bit of this thread.

God bless you Lil Axe.

 

[Lil axe]

My inner neo-Luddite reactionary is loving every bit of this thread.

God bless you Lil Axe.

thanks man, appreciated
i'm digging your posts too
take care

 

[Maldarker]

If that's the case, then someone would need to create technology that never needs to be upgraded. Otherwise, I think it would be a fruitless endeavor or maybe that's the point... from a nefarious perspective, that is.

Y - watch iron man that movie is there goal like he was in endgame with the nano tech aka grey goo all you have to do at that point then is firmware upgrades is all & 5g will work great for that.

 

[Orwell's mentor]

Y - watch iron man that movie is there goal like he was in endgame with the nano tech aka grey goo all you have to do at that point then is firmware upgrades is all & 5g will work great for that.

Meh, sucks to be a sucker to have fallen for something that's artificial and have it embedded in them or with them at all times. I suppose ultimately people need to distinguish between having a life worth living and an artificial one.

I work with some people who are excited to get their iPhones delivered to them so...

 

[Maldarker]

Meh, sucks to be a sucker to have fallen for something that's artificial and have it embedded in them or with them at all times. I suppose ultimately people need to distinguish between having a life worth living and an artificial one.

I work with some people who are excited to get their iPhones delivered to them so...

Same. My field is electronics & computer science so i see it all the time.

 

[Orwell's mentor]

A good series from Academy of Ideas. Apparently, there's one more video in the segment but they haven't uploaded to date:

Social Media - Why it Sickens the Self and Divides Society

I thought this was a poignant comment in the video below:

"Isaac​

1 week ago (edited)​

I honestly miss the days of "let's meet here at 6pm". Feel very greatful to be the last generation of kids who made plans in person and played down the woods, built go karts, painted tennis courts on the street and didn't have their first Nokia until their late teens."​

Smartphones and Social Media - A Mass Surveillance Dystopia

 

[Orwell's mentor]

Something worth noting, I thought:

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By William M. Ferriter

 

[Lizard King]

Kids will do as they please and adults will continue to pretend they know everything. Those right answers kind of sound like Greta Thunberg giving another lecture. Maybe she should go back to being a kid?

 

[Orwell's mentor]

Somewhat obvious, but dealing with the youth today when this is all they know is exhausting. Well, at least some do have some self-awareness to know it's not healthy:

Young people engaging in anti-social behavior online seek social approval, study finds
MAY 24, 2023

Young people engaging in anti-social behavior online seek social approval, study finds

Young adults engage in online anti-social behavior for fun and social approval, and those who perpetrate this behavior tend to have lower cognitive empathy scores than average, according to a new study published this week in PLOS ONE by Felipe Bonow Soares of University of the Arts London, UK...

phys.org