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Anti-Technology Sentiment: How Much Do I Hate It?
Let Me Count the Ways...
by Aaron Kendall
Can you fucking believe that?!? Personally, I think that they should have just gone all out and shown an episode of The Transformers or BattleTech while they were at it; nothing quite inspires fear like an evil Optimus Prime. Seriously, though, Pavlov himself couldn't have been more proud. Of course, I don't think that it quite worked as well as they had hoped, especially since I haven't noticed anyone yet referring to their kitchen appliances as "the enemy". (That's the problem though - journalists seem to think that people in general are just a bunch of freakin' morons, when it's actually the other way around.) The worst thing about the whole piece was that I remembered watching the same news piece a while back, even perhaps last year. It was then that I realized that not only was it a really freakin' slow day at the news office...but this news piece was a repeat ad!
So, I guess that you have to give it to those cynical assholes and pessimists: they have stuck by their ideas about technology. Oh, they're complete, stubborn fools for not admitting that they're wrong about technology, with all of the obvious examples of technological products that have prolonged and enhanced people's lives...but they're dedicated fools, to be sure. Their persistence doesn't really get me down, though; they get paid to come up with life-negating bullshit. What does depress me, though, is the lack of respect and love concerning the very idea of technology from everyday people. When you're a kid, you dream about getting a car (and, these days, probably also a cell phone - which doesn't really combine well with cars). When you get to college, you can't wait to get a great stereo system and/or a great PC. When you're older, the list of all the cool shit that you want gets even longer! Of course, everyone always wants this stuff, but they never step back and just appreciate the very idea of technology.
What am I talking about? All right, here's an example: there's no day in celebration of a scientist who's contributed something meaningful to our lives. No Edison day, no Ford day, no "guy who invented air conditioning" day...none of them are there. And how sad is that? I don't even know the name of the guy who invented air conditioning! That's how poorly people treat the idea of scientists. I should know his name by heart! His name should be all over the place! The man should be considered a freakin' saint! Instead, though, I know the names of St. Patrick and Jesus Christ, both of whom haven't done shit for me except providing a time for me to get drunk in the name of them.
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