Hello Charles, Please, let's not start this debate all over again. I do believe we have had similar debates like this on the list before and it serves no point or purpose to bring it up again. Plus it is really drifting away from the topic of games.
While I note your concern of people being "dumbed down" by technology honestly there isn't anything you or I can do about it. I also don't believe technology necessarily is the enemy or the problem here. It is people who are willing to rely exclusively on the technology instead of reinforcing their own capabilities who are the real problem. There are and probably always will be lazy people who will avoid manually doing anything if they can help it, and there will always be people who don't mind a little manual labor here and there. Getting on this list debating weather or not humanity is too dependent on modern technology isn't the way to deal with the situation in my opinion. So let's focus on gaming. Cheers! On 10/26/14, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > We have caller ID so that we know who is calling us, and we have answering > machines either built into the phone or as a service from our provider so > that we don't have to answer the phone. We have spell checkers so that we > don't have to know how to spell. Screen readers and audio books replace the > > need for braille so we don't need to know how to read. Possibly, in the > future, voice dictation and visual gestures may take the place of keyboards > > so we won't need to know how to type. With all of the skills that will be > lost due to not being needed, is this a good thing? It's the dumbing down > of humanity, getting worse and worse. > > Now, am I serious, or not?? To a degree, yes. Oh, I almost forgot one > more: Calculators make learning math unnecessary. How many people do math > > in their heads anymore, or even know how to make change at a supermarket? > What would they do if the cash register's power fails and they have to do > anything manually? > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > > you! really! are! finished! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
