[Discuss] [OT] Smart Phones

[kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)]

On 03/01/2013 11:47 AM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> But again, the nature of the activity hasn't changed, just the tools
used to perform them.

You make sense, but at the expense of being sensible.

By your logic electric power and telegraph and trains and cars and radio 
and TV and lasers and maybe even space travel didn't change the nature 
of activity either, just the tools.

A logical distinction that is self-consistent, but not maybe terribly 
useful in this context: we might have to go back to the industrial 
revolution or maybe even the invention of agriculture or the invention 
of democracy before you will agree the "nature of the activity" changed. 
Your perspective brings up interesting questions, but pretty remote from 
phones of any sort.

-kb