Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : boraxman
From : Jeff
Date : Tue Jan 25 2022 07:01:53

On 25 Jan 2022, boraxman said the following...
 bo>  Je> So people using tiny (relative to what came before them) computers to
 bo>  Je> casually communicate with each other is a social ill? Imagine that! O
 bo>  Je> day the only people using these apps will be doing so only for the
 bo>  Je> nostalgia they bring, and will scoff at whatever new means of
 bo>  Je> communication is enabled by future technology.
 bo>  Je> Kids these days, I tell you!
 bo> I think it is a social ill, at least the way we do it.  We're not
 bo> designed to converse with the world at once.

We're also not designed to fly, or to travel 70mph. We're not designed to do
a lot of the things we do.

On the other hand, whether we were designed for it or not, humans' specialty
is adaptation. We're not inherently the greatest predators, nor the fleetest
or most well-defended prey. We excel at doing things we were not designed to
do.

Jeff.

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