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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Jul 25, 2015 10:01PM
Bradbury got a lot of things right i.e. seashell radios = earbuds, an ever increasing police state.
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I know, right? I got seriously freaked out, reading this one. But I loved it too. :)
Oh yeah, he got many things right! The big screen TVs, the mechanical hound vs the drones & satellites of today, & how it's so easy to let the media do your thinking for you. Very freaky!
Like LOL I'm scared just writing this. Am I turning into one of those people?
I must be addicted to my screens! NOOOOOOOO! Alrighty, it's time for a tech-free vacation. No, a tech-free life! OK, where's my yoga gear... wait, lemme check Instagram.
Haha! I think smartphones were the final nail in that coffin! We're able to make ourselves in cyborgs willingly now. Inc. magazine did a feature a couple of years ago, with a runner wearing every single tracking device on her. Back when Google Glass was around but the iWatch was not. She had heart rate bands, FitBits, Nike+, the Pebble watch, etc. !!!!Now I must RUN to the botanic garden & go hug a tree, sit on some boulders, and frolic in the meadows...
Yeah, they definitely are. However, I think that (hopefully) I am not quite as addicted to my phone as a normal teen. I mostly go online for Goodreads and my blog. Seriously the time I spend on Twitter and Instagram is minimal, and Facebook is almost nonexistent in my life.
I'll read this one as well.
Joined in late, but I'll be reading this one for this week.
