tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post302568684485243136..comments2023-10-30T07:39:04.857-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts- Do They Have Meaning?: Instant Gratification Is Making Me Instantly ImpatientJack Steinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-73957994233658003992010-02-11T09:19:18.597-08:002010-02-11T09:19:18.597-08:00my kids will be a mere mouseclick away from gettin...<i>my kids will be a mere mouseclick away from getting anything they want, and getting it pretty damn quickly, whether i want them to get it or not. </i><br /><br />That is one of my big concerns. I am dumb enough to believe that the kids won't find ways around the various filters we try to install. They'll gain access to information that is beyond them so I suspect that at times we'll be playing catch up.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-29814531444859498682010-02-11T07:23:41.869-08:002010-02-11T07:23:41.869-08:00okay, first off, that was not me in the pic. just ...okay, first off, that was not me in the pic. just gotta get that off my chest. <br /><br />but secondly, it's eerie how similar we think. i was a mischievous kid doing all kinds of things i shouldn't have been doing, i often wondered what my enemies would be as an adult--enemies as they pertain to my children. i now know what it is.<br /><br />believe it or not, it's not drugs, or booze, though those are timeless foes. instead, it's the immediacy with which today's society works. it's the instant ability to get whatever it is your looking for from whomever it is who is willing to offer it. <br /><br />my kids will be a mere mouseclick away from getting anything they want, and getting it pretty damn quickly, whether i want them to get it or not. <br /><br />i'm scared of such technological advance, though am also dependent upon such advances as i attempt to leverage them to further myself on both a personal and professional level.<br /><br />as always, jack, fantastic thoughts. <br /><br />and you wait. it may be five years, but i can assure you we'll be throwing one back at Staples at some point.<br /><br />great post...sorry i'm just now getting to it. very behind on checking out my favorite blogs...john cave osbornehttp://johncaveosborne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-55892086771504620132010-02-09T14:15:06.130-08:002010-02-09T14:15:06.130-08:00Isn't that the truth.Isn't that the truth.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-2060519475804116982010-02-09T12:54:26.421-08:002010-02-09T12:54:26.421-08:00mobiles and mails became new kind of mental illnes...mobiles and mails became new kind of mental illness-i cant now to answer the phone or not to answer the mail, even though 15 years ago or so i lived perfectly without this shit)))benji@israelhttp://samsonblinded.org/newsnoreply@blogger.com