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Will an iPhone climb Mt. Everest?
January 15, 2007
If most youth of today are like my college-aged son, definitely. Forget climbing a mountain, he can’t take the 40 min. train ride from school to our house without calling at least three times to confirm that he is, indeed, on the train; that we do remember to pick him up; and that we did not forget him, but are just one minute down the street from the station—which he would have found out for himself had he simply waited that one minute instead of calling the instant he got off the train and did not see us.
Today’s youth are quickly loosing the ability to function without having instant access to each other, their parents, and their entire music collection. Now, according to the newly renamed Apple Inc., they will be able to do all of those things with one gadget strapped to their hip. Correct me if I’m wrong—but wasn’t having an electronic gadget hanging from your belt once the ultimate sign of major geekdome? Short of sporting a pocket protector, nothing was a better way to avoid ever going on a date then carrying around your state-of-the-art calculator in a hip holster. Yes, I know—music is cool, math is not.
I just hope that along with the amazing technological advances in ways to share music, watch videos, and chat with friends, advances will also be made in the technology that saves lives by pinpointing a cancerous growth or tracking a mountain climber’s location. Now that would really be something to celebrate.
Posted by Naomi Eigner Price on January 15, 2007 | Comments (0)
