Kathleen Cumisky wrote: " My partner and I recently took a roadtrip from NYC to Minnesota and other than a few non-digital spaces, we were able to find a wireless signal everywhere... I remember telling her we will never get lost again."
I got a chuckle out of this. My two experiments with GPS-only non-local trips is that people focus on the particular, and miss: a) appreciation of the context in which their particular route sits b) looking up from the GPS to appreciate the physical world around them c) invariably get lost -- because they over-trust the GPS. This has happened in Italy (2004), Slovenia (2004) and Japan (2005). GPS definitely, but not only GPS. Look up and see the roses! Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to mobile-society as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
