We live in a society that consists more and more of people who are glued to their phone while reading stuff on social media that may, or may not, be true. Or useful. It's almost funny, because if it's not on FaceBook it can't be true. Who are you going to believe - FaceBook or your lying eyes? That tree's not really there. Or that car.
Well, the NAV system is, but only because it provides virtual information. I used to know somebody who would get all discombobulated (Scrabble Score!), because his NAV system told him to turn left on a road that was no longer there. "But it says that there's a road here". Well, buddy, turn left and see how far you get.
It also leads to idiotic social situations where people get together for drinks and then just stare at their phones. You'll have to send an app to see if they want another round. "Wanna have sex tonight?" "Phone sex?" "Eh..." "Just download the app". Open "settings"; tap on "kinky". You'll be surprised where that phone winds up.
I'm wondering what we'll do by the time we get software that starts directly running our lives.
Okay, okay. I sound like a living anachronism (that Scrabble sh#t just keeps piling up) - but I also think that all that stuff that belongs in the SMART category doesn't make us any smarter. Au contraire, to say it in German. It just makes us lazy and gullible. And while on the move - Gullible's Travels. Sorry, couldn't resist.
See, I think that a truly SMART TV would find you programs worth watching, and turn itself off after a few hours. An actually SMART phone would tell you that it needs charging, and could you please just talk to people the analog way while that happens? Let's... start a FaceBook thread about that one.
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