Comments on: Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy

By: jsmith

jsmith — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:47:15 +0000

Lisa and Karen — I love your observations — thanks for sharing. Kindle and Medical miracles are worlds apart in terms of their impact, yet both are still AMAZING! Even in the science fiction novels of my youth, imagination could not grasp some of the stuff that is, today, taken for granted. Wow! This makes me so happy!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:10:23 +0000

Having come of age with the earliest computers – so large you needed a room to house them – and telex machines which pre-dated faxes,I can find a lot of every day miracles to marvel over.

A few biggies for me:

Medical technology that has allowed me to have early detection and cure of a medical issue that would otherwise have likely had a very different outcome.

Longstanding cyber friendships that are very meaningful to me, with people I have never met in real life.

Availability of instantaneous news from a myriad of different viewpoints and especially from people who aren’t professional journalists.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:53:16 +0000

I was gonna say my GPS (named Oliver…don’t ask) but y’all already beat me to it!

1. My eyes. I’ve been wearing glasses since before I was 5 years old. (And I’m NOT saying how many years ago that was. ) I’ve been wearing coke-bottle glasses and eye-irratating contacts since then. In 2002 I saved my nickles and dimes and had laser surgery on both eyes. Now ever morning when I wake up I can see the alarm clock clearly, I can read in bed as late as I want to wihtout worrying about my contacts bugging me, I can wear whatever style of sunglasses I want to whenever I want to. I can see perfectly without any help. It’s amazing!!

2. (You knew this one was coming Jim…..) One word. Kindle. I can fit a library of books into 11 ounces of electronic-ness. AND I can download even more whenever I want to! No need to make the agonizing choice of 1 book and 3 pair of shoes, or 3 books and 1 pair of shoes when traveling. Now it’s hundreds of books AND 4 pair of shoes!!! Could anything be more perfect?!?

By: Sheila

Sheila — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:47:45 +0000

Jim – I recently posted this same video on my blog…so funny!

By: Coach Jim

Coach Jim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:35:21 +0000

GPS! Omigosh, I forgot about that. I had my first GPS experience two months ago while visiting Nashville. I was so amazed that it knew, within a few feet, exactly where I was. That is SO AMAZING!!!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:27:06 +0000

Thanks for the video Jim, I laughed and agreed

Three things . . .

1) The ability to send a txt message telling someone that I love them.
2) The library and online access to look up what I want . . .I can obtain almost any kind of book. Interlibrary loans, putting books on hold (and having them delivered to the library closest to my home), DVDs for me and my kids to watch, it’s amazing.
3) The GPS in my car, has saved me hours of frustration, the cost and hassle buying maps, and (actually) has given me the fun of teaching my kids about maps in an interactive way.

The curiosity and questions of my kids often remind me of how lucky I am, to have the advantages of all this technology. Like Nick’s dumbfounded look, when I told him my (then new) car talked *grin.*

Thanks for posting about this Jim!