young couple sat in coffee shop taking a break,, both reading a book,, what would the response be from the angst ridden technophobes?

@alienew

You're right. We're far from a finished product. But enough to thrive, albeit inflicting heavy collateral damages to our habitat. Yet the most egregious turmoil reserved for our fellow human species, particularly ourselves.

We embody a mind that does not cease its mental chattering. From day to night, we're our own judge, jury, and torturers. Executioner if you count suicide. The side-effect for evolving higher brain functions in the cortex hub network. The culprit complicit in triggering in neural tandem with aforementioned primal brain lobes in the manifestation of the self.

"They" don't try to evolve us, but attempt to recondition our behaviors. Evolution is a gradual, millennia climb up mount improbable, not a quick fix like comic book superheroes. Profit-seeking businesses merely piggyback off what evolution has already manifested. Like skilled salesmen or politicians hijacking our amygdala to elicit our emotional responses. The game has changed, but the players remain relatively the same. Our incessant mind, literally and figuratively jacked up on steroids.

When we share photos of our forced pouty lips, our pretend Michelin dinner, or our Venetian holiday (in Macau)... we addictively showcase the best versions of us, to the envy or annoyance of our social clique. Some with digitally enhanced alterations. There's an app for that. Disingenuous representation ensues.

It's our instinctive nature to broadcast to the tribe our perceived individuality. To make ourselves the more appealing catch relative to competing damsels or suitors. Our ancestors have always successfully vied for potential mates. You wouldn't be here had they failed. No different today than it was 200,000 years ago.

This hardwired proclivity echos past our primes. Moms and grandmas are now jumping off tour buses with their selfie sticks. Predisposed to promote their family wealth and attributes. Hoping to impress upon friends who may offer their daughters to hitch their 36-year old bachelor son who plays Xbox all day.

In some cases, app makers and users could mutually benefit in the sharing of personal information in cyberspace. Matchmaking platforms for instance. There may be 5,000 misses, but all you need is one hit. The opportunity to hook-up with that elusive life-long partner. Some call it fate, or soulmate. Others may call it increasing probability with perseverance, assisted by the connectivity of technology. Personal cost-benefit analysis may determine the ultimate worth of compromising privacy.

Personal cost-benefit analysis has its place, but taken alone it is egotistical (e.g., an overly big deal for insecure egos) and may be a major group problem. I think much of the internet environment exaggerates it, as do many things in the modern environment (e.g., if you're not wearing an Addidas sweatshirt or you're not living large or something it's implied that you're inferior). Don't believe the hype, & don't inflict it on yourself and others.

...if you're wearing an Addidas sweatshirt or you're not living like me (alien) you're inferior - I think much of the internet environment exaggerates - except me (alien)

...how we communicate is wrong,, what we choose to wear is wrong,,pray messiah,,lead us!!

let's have some fun with this.

Burger King UK is having a contest and giving away 20K pounds. So actually having all these devices and Facebook and Instagram can be a good thing?

www.burgerking.co.uk/20kbite

Simply share a video of yourself "eating" and reacting to an imaginary burger using #BK20KBITE on Twitter, Instagram or via our Facebook page.

I suppose after looking at those quotes "facebook" and "social media" could be seen by some as some kind of fucked up psychological operations, electronic warfare etc. next they will be beaming that complete shit directly into the brain, taking away original thought and replacing it with total shit, forcing people to feel one way or another way about shit. that would be pretty fucking evil and fucked up.

brietbart get away with it, so why not?