Comments on: Is GPS-navigation turning us into ‘Men without Qualities’? http://www.themobilecity.nl/2008/05/12/is-gps-navigation-turning-us-into-men-without-qualities/ Mobile and Locative Media and Urban Culture Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:04:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: europeangps@googlemail.com http://www.themobilecity.nl/2008/05/12/is-gps-navigation-turning-us-into-men-without-qualities/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 europeangps@googlemail.com Mon, 12 May 2008 14:42:20 +0000 http://www.themobilecity.nl/2008/05/12/is-gps-navigation-turning-us-into-men-without-qualities/#comment-1293 I agree, our modern culture has become to dependent on technology and as a result we just look for the easiest option available. However, in the case of GPS Navigation I find it very usefull as I work on the road and have to drive through very unfamiliar cities without this help of technology I would be very late for meetings! Using GPS in the city is the only time I use my GPS. When I am in the countryside the GPS gets turned off and thrown in the boot! I agree, our modern culture has become to dependent on technology and as a result we just look for the easiest option available.

However, in the case of GPS Navigation I find it very usefull as I work on the road and have to drive through very unfamiliar cities without this help of technology I would be very late for meetings!

Using GPS in the city is the only time I use my GPS. When I am in the countryside the GPS gets turned off and thrown in the boot!

]]> By: feesta » Mobile device (GPS) worries http://www.themobilecity.nl/2008/05/12/is-gps-navigation-turning-us-into-men-without-qualities/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 feesta » Mobile device (GPS) worries Mon, 12 May 2008 12:46:59 +0000 http://www.themobilecity.nl/2008/05/12/is-gps-navigation-turning-us-into-men-without-qualities/#comment-1289 [...] Worries of losing more life skills… Most people have already lost the knowledge of phone numbers of those close to them through the use of a mobile phone’s address book. Our industrialized food production has allowed me to never learn how to kill an animal, but I still know how to cook a ‘processed’ one. How much knowledge of the world is needed to survive daily? How much knowledge is needed for the occasional loss of technology (power outage)? [...] [...] Worries of losing more life skills… Most people have already lost the knowledge of phone numbers of those close to them through the use of a mobile phone’s address book. Our industrialized food production has allowed me to never learn how to kill an animal, but I still know how to cook a ‘processed’ one. How much knowledge of the world is needed to survive daily? How much knowledge is needed for the occasional loss of technology (power outage)? [...]

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