http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/chasing-the-gadget-dragon/ Random musings from the radical feminist Christian antiracist left - some having to do with Ubuntu Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/chasing-the-gadget-dragon/comment-page-1/#comment-1187 JoshuaRL Sun, 18 May 2008 22:40:23 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/?p=251#comment-1187 I think that the key here is not finding too much self-worth in the newness of something like this. Sure, it may be the latest and greatest now, but since we live in a throway consumer society that won't last. So a gadget needs to have much the same value judgement as other things: if it works for what you need it for then perfect. And maybe some extra credit if it allows room for growth. Otherwise you set yourself up for failure. I think that the key here is not finding too much self-worth in the newness of something like this. Sure, it may be the latest and greatest now, but since we live in a throway consumer society that won’t last. So a gadget needs to have much the same value judgement as other things: if it works for what you need it for then perfect. And maybe some extra credit if it allows room for growth. Otherwise you set yourself up for failure.

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