Now I realise that despite being a military tool when it was first conceived, the internet is now a place for useless, soul destroying and often pornographic websites. I have come to terms with the fact that most human beings will disappoint me when give the chance to actual do something worthwhile or take a tiny bite of responsibility and do things for themselves. But recently it is getting too much.
It all started when I came across an Energy comparison website. Now I will be the first to admit that this is a great idea that certainly has some merit, but it did make me think. What if we are making things to easy for ourselves and others. Are we not through this endless process of simplication not depriving ourselves of us some very basic human survival skills. The ability to exist in the real world and not the broken down cyber one. If we can’t even weigh up for ourselves which gas company has the best deal how can we manage anything else.
What’s worse is that this is just the tip of the iceberg, I even found a birthday gift site where you fill in your particulars and it chooses the presents for you to buy your loved ones. Utterly preposterous. Are we really that inane and insular?
This lack of real world logic is certainly a moment of concern for me.

2011-01-13 18:00:00