Your Remote Control is Making You Real Lazy
David Pogue, the technology columnist for the New York Times, wonders why all our time-saving technology hasn’t given us more free time. Now that we can work anywhere at any time, why aren’t we ever finished working? Great question.
Pogue thinks that it’s a simple quirk of human nature to feel compelled to stay busy. And thanks to the Internet, there’s always another friend to e-mail, another blog post to read and another You Tube video to watch.
Now The New York Times reports on a new way to save time and keep busy all at once! The TiVo digital video recorder will be introducing a feature that will let users buy items they see on TV through Amazon.com. Soon we’ll be able to watch a snazzy commercial for a new energy drink and order up a case with a click of a button. Interested in an author promoting their book on Oprah? Don’t scribble down the title–just use your remote control. It’s impulse buying like never before. Horray! Just another way technology is making us even lazier.
