Current favourite Calendar Quote : "Some people will do anything for money - even work."

12^th January 1999

Are you a Luddite?

Sounds harsh, but it isn't. There is no discarding of the natural urge to help the less well off amongst us. In the information, anyone willing to apply their brain will access the technology. It is the "Oh I wouldn't want to get my hands dirty in virtual reality..." types that I refer to.

Ha! When you see people struggling over the video recorder and yet the children program them while brushing their teeth, you can only feel pity for so long. And don't think techies are immune. Many have fallen foul of the black button on black background nightmare called "Record Ahead Feature".

We are all busily trying to ingest more and more information. We will bloat out and become keyboard donughts. Exercise is the only key. Not just for the body either.

If you want to avoid developing chronic mental sludge then just stop learning right now. If you leave the cerebral motor in first gear, you will soon see yourself becoming a hopeless consumer, enslaved to the whims of the digital masters.

Don't worry about learning to replace a washer. It aint 1900. We've got technology now.

end of rave.

(C)opyright Sylvano Lucchetti.