why is it called an eyephone?

the beginning of this semester

i had a sort of amazement 

with how integrated eveything is 

(mainly thinking google products).

 ie gmail, gchat, blogger, and google + 

are all seamlessly integrated. 

not just between the google products 

but also onto my android based phone. 

every time i think of this integration i think of this episode.

perhaps are we starting to become TOO integrated?

John D Sutter of CNN did an article 

discussing how smartphone have made us superhuman. 

this idea that the smart phone

is a super power comparable to 

that of superman less the flying

after some overwhelming push back from readers in the comments

he turned around and said perhaps we are super-stupid

with the irresponsible use of these devices

which brings back this idea of

are we becoming too integrated.

which ties in this idea of 

perhaps we should do a media fast to see 

"what slaves we are to the technology"

if we look at our use and integration of technology

in the light of something we can fast from

that makes it comparable with that of food

which food is a dire thing

which mean that then our media and technology is a dire thing. 

i dont think we are slaves.

i think that we are using the tools we have been given

to better enrich our lives

and make them fuller and better

im struggling to find explanation and words

to back my feelings

i wish that i could find something written 

that is really profound that played into these ideas

that we are not slaves. 

sure we can do the same with food

this ideas of overindulging that so many people thing we do now with media 

over eat and become obese

as we can with anything. 

but i dont think we need to 

fast so that we can have this experience

isnt the idea of fasting to grow 

closer in spirituality? 

not to see what it is like to be in a third world country

thats like saying we should all go

toke up so we can have the experience of drugs 

and make the decision we dont want to do drugs

in the end 

i dont think that the expansion 

and further integration of our

digital culture is something that we can stop

no matter how we feel

and this plays into a rather controversial topic 

with no answers

that no one will ever see eye to eye on 

/rant