Sorry for the late post. My internet is down and i waited a day to see if it would come back up, but it hasnt yet so im doin this on my phone.
Eddie increases his intake of the drug as time progresses, as he grows accustomed to the speed he works at he begins to feel too normal and wants the feeling of working faster and faster. To me, this seemed like an obvious comment from the author on society now-a-days. Our society has became so accustomed to gettig everything quickly and when we want it. For example, gone are the days when we had to wait for our movies to come in the mail, let alone go get then from the video store! We can press one button and have a movie streamed to us on netflix. Communication is another good example. Try to imagine your life without the ability to instantly get a hold of someone through a text or a call.
Do you think Alan's comments ring true? Is this a problem with society in this day and age? Think if our internet or phones failed for a week ( kind of like mine), how would you, and our society, survive?
our society is getting to doing stuff too fast, but that is also a good thing because you can do more stuff in the day if you don't have to wait, would you prefer throwing a hot pocket in the microwave and eating it 2 mins. later or throwing it in the oven and waiting 5-6 mins. And I applaud you for slowing your life down and waiting to do your blog, as did I.
ReplyDeleteWell, No one appreciates good old american made hard work. All we get is cheap easily bought back crap. That my friends is capitalism. And unfortunately, We can't live without, even though I hate it. Like the internizzle, should it be gone in a flash, we would be screwed. But hey, if that is to happen, then so be it. Besides we've been around for a very long time.
ReplyDeleteIf our society lost modern communication it would be disastrous. I mean some of the frivilous communication which we use for entertainment would be sorely missed by some but other more important communications would cripple the country. We have no other means of communicating but through the internet or phones. If those towers or satelites went down we would be lost. I think we should put up some old telegraph lines just in case. ;)
ReplyDeleteI think this is very true because if you think about it how many of us get mad because our phone or computer is being to slow. I also think that alot of people miss out on things in life because they are always so plugged into their own little world and not seeing how others live their life or want to actually speed quality time with them.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I believe it would be very difficult, though not impossible. I like to think I'm not that connected to my phone or facebook, but I haven't really gone more than a day without those things.
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