Things
All of those things that tend to make life easier on a society but perhaps a bit more difficult on humanity.
the corporation
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices... [Read more of this review]
the Plastic Bag
“If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.” ~Jacques Barzun, The House of Intellect, 1959 The plastic bag, polybag or pouch is type of packaging or carry container made of a thin, flexible plastic film, plastic textile or nonwoven fabric. Plastic bags are used for a number of different things... [Read more of this review]
the Walkman
“And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day shall fold their tents like the Arabs, and as silently steal away. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Sony Walkman was the first step towards personal, mobile music. Before cassette tapes if you wanted to listen to music you either listened to a vinyl record or an 8 track... [Read more of this review]
the Plastic Water Bottle
Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.George Carlin Can you remember drinking water out of a water fountain? We still see them everywhere but hardly use them. I think the last time I used one was to get my dog some water after playing at the park. The plastic water bottle... [Read more of this review]
the Health Care
The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated. Plato The Preferred Care Card is your pass into a life of being healthy, or is it? The answer is, not at all, it is however your pass to pay a monthly fee so that Health Care Providers, ie.... [Read more of this review]
the Toy Doll
“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.” Henry David Thoreau The toy doll, or in this particular case the Cabbage Patch Doll, was desired by every boy and girls under the age of 10 in the mid 1980′s, plus their hording parents, in this... [Read more of this review]
the Cell Phone
“Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.” Albert Einstein The ever so dreaded yet admired cellular technology and it’s progressive force towards mobile communication. The cell phone took mobile technology to an entire new platform bringing communication and surveillance from the satellites above to your... [Read more of this review]
the Credit Card
“The true world — we have abolished. What world has remained? The apparent one perhaps? But no! With the true world we have also abolished the apparent one.” FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE The mighty Master Card and Visa, the credit system and it’s symbol the Credit Card, is the provider of all things unattainable to mortals. They... [Read more of this review]
the Television Set
“All truth is simple.” Is that not a double lie? FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Oh mighty television, you sat in the corner of our house converting images from black and white to technicolor right before our eyes. Now you hang on my friends walls where pictures of their family and memories use to be. I can see my neighbors watching you and hear your... [Read more of this review]
the Apple Box Computer
“In our own wild nature we find the best recreation from our un-nature, from our spirituality.” FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Oh the Apple Box Computer, a staple in many homes throughout the 1980′s and 1990′s before the MAC. Countless hours have we sat at your feet wondering if you could release to us the answers of our existence, the... [Read more of this review]
the Microwave Oven
“Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn’t have to experience it” Max Frisch The Mighty Microwave, for years each of us have brought it gifts from our fields, our crops and our meats, and laid them in its belly so it could magically prepare them with the gift of radiation. The radiation devours most of the nutrients... [Read more of this review]
