Not sure how that does anything except reinforce his point. It's not about flights or tables. It's about taking advantages and using them. That you are sitting in a log cabin in the mountains, looking at the stars, posting to HN firmly demonstrates his point.
> I'll be here in my log cabin in the mountains, looking at the stars
He needed a physical thing in a physical location doing a specific action to acquire this happiness, and you presume to suggest that others can't have happiness on other criteria? That enjoyment can't be found in other ways?
More importantly, it's how the OP defined success. It's arrogance masked under a guise of zen attitude.
Oh, I was just being a bit oversarcastic. Never intended to say that technology could not help on the path to happinness. But the very title of the post looked like someone trying to sell me the pill for the definitive way to enlightenment.
I am very much pro discussing things but with so much pushing forward and "this is THE WAY" I (as many others) are getting a bit tired, which might be as good because in the end, what do we want from life? Glass? Technology? iOS? iTunes? The roomba? What?
> I am very much pro discussing things but with so much pushing forward and "this is THE WAY" I (as many others) are getting a bit tired, which might be as good because in the end, what do we want from life? Glass? Technology? iOS? iTunes? The roomba? What?
What's wrong with any of these things? The technology required to make the Roomba effective meant so much more has been created. The Roomba isn't the end. It's a sign of how far we've come. And do we really want to waste time doing what the roomba can do for us?
As for iOS, what's wrong with that? It's done tremendous good. Both my children have Autism, and what iOS has done for them is amazing. No one could have predicted that before, but now it's a standard part of treatment.
And Glass. Who can tell you what Glass will lead to. It's still too early to tell.
That's not what Scoble was directly referring to, but in each of these cases, we are taking advantage of technology. It's so easy to talk about a log cabin in the middle of the woods, far from the city so you can gaze up into the sky and watch the stars. However, that's far too selfish and egotistical for me.
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Not sure how that does anything except reinforce his point. It's not about flights or tables. It's about taking advantages and using them. That you are sitting in a log cabin in the mountains, looking at the stars, posting to HN firmly demonstrates his point.
Taking advantages for... happiness? Does not look like.
Happiness?
> I'll be here in my log cabin in the mountains, looking at the stars
He needed a physical thing in a physical location doing a specific action to acquire this happiness, and you presume to suggest that others can't have happiness on other criteria? That enjoyment can't be found in other ways?
More importantly, it's how the OP defined success. It's arrogance masked under a guise of zen attitude.
Oh, I was just being a bit oversarcastic. Never intended to say that technology could not help on the path to happinness. But the very title of the post looked like someone trying to sell me the pill for the definitive way to enlightenment.
I am very much pro discussing things but with so much pushing forward and "this is THE WAY" I (as many others) are getting a bit tired, which might be as good because in the end, what do we want from life? Glass? Technology? iOS? iTunes? The roomba? What?
> I am very much pro discussing things but with so much pushing forward and "this is THE WAY" I (as many others) are getting a bit tired, which might be as good because in the end, what do we want from life? Glass? Technology? iOS? iTunes? The roomba? What?
What's wrong with any of these things? The technology required to make the Roomba effective meant so much more has been created. The Roomba isn't the end. It's a sign of how far we've come. And do we really want to waste time doing what the roomba can do for us?
As for iOS, what's wrong with that? It's done tremendous good. Both my children have Autism, and what iOS has done for them is amazing. No one could have predicted that before, but now it's a standard part of treatment.
And Glass. Who can tell you what Glass will lead to. It's still too early to tell.
That's not what Scoble was directly referring to, but in each of these cases, we are taking advantage of technology. It's so easy to talk about a log cabin in the middle of the woods, far from the city so you can gaze up into the sky and watch the stars. However, that's far too selfish and egotistical for me.