Thursday, June 10, 2010

Suicide, stupidity, and the iPhone | The Industry Standard - InfoWorld

Suicide, stupidity, and the iPhone | The Industry Standard - InfoWorld

Bill Snyder, an editor at infoworld is hardly a Luddite, and neither am I, but he does point out some unexpectedly bad consequences of gadget proliferation

1. Terrible working conditions replete with low pay and overcrowded dormitories for the Chinese workers who manufacture them.

2. Worse traffic statistics than I had thought, due to distracted drivers.

3. And, of course, the rewiring of our brains as we become addicted to constant electronic stimulation.

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