Ever hear the cliche less is more? In today's American mindset, the cliche should be more is not enough. In today's America, people actually camp out on Thanksgiving day in front of stores in order to buy Chinese manufactured baubles on Black Friday. So much for giving thanks. It's more like give me that, its mine. Americans line up for days living like bag ladies in order to buy the newest iPhone that will be obsolete in six months. Companies promote these humanity de-sensitizing devices by claiming that the speed at which you can download the most recent infantile game, is incredible. People don't even use cell phones for conversation. They would rather text than talk. They would rather post on the internet how they are having trouble with constipation or flatulence as if the world hangs on their every word.
Now it is said that the cell phone idea sprang from the communicator used by the actors on Star Trek. To me, Americans have become the Star Trek version of the Borg. This compulsion to become insect-like and be part of the internet hive is the opposite of liberating. But even I, while not owning a cell phone, have a blog. Resistance is futile.
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