Comments on: The Dark Side of Living Online–Are You a Slave to Your Technology? http://rhettsmith.com/2008/09/the-dark-side-of-living-online/ Thu, 10 May 2012 14:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Brad A. Greenberg http://rhettsmith.com/2008/09/the-dark-side-of-living-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2879 Brad A. Greenberg Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=1079#comment-2879 Whoops. Left out the link. <a href="http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/depts/style/slingbox_blake-krikorian/print/" rel="nofollow">Here's the interview</a>. Whoops. Left out the link. Here’s the interview.

]]> By: Brad A. Greenberg http://rhettsmith.com/2008/09/the-dark-side-of-living-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2878 Brad A. Greenberg Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:35:44 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=1079#comment-2878 This summer, UCLA Magazine published an interview I did with Blake Krikorian, who created the SlingBox, which allows you to watch cable on your laptop. He said something at the end of the interview that just blew me away -- not because I didn't agree, but because I didn't expect a tech guy to share the sentiments. I'm the Q, he's the A: <i>Q: Before starting Sling, you spent 15 years working in Silicon Valley. What have you learned about our relationships and habits regarding technology? A: First off, if I could see technology just completely go away, I would probably root for that. Q: Why would you root to get rid of technology? A: At the end of the day, a lot of technology is abused. People start to lose sight of what is really important and spend more time in virtual worlds. Everyone always has said, 'Oh, computers or e-mail or whatever are going to make your life easier. It's going to give you more time to spend in leisure.' Who are we kidding? There is nothing farther from the truth. It just means you can work harder, harder and faster, faster.</i> This summer, UCLA Magazine published an interview I did with Blake Krikorian, who created the SlingBox, which allows you to watch cable on your laptop. He said something at the end of the interview that just blew me away — not because I didn’t agree, but because I didn’t expect a tech guy to share the sentiments.

I’m the Q, he’s the A:

Q: Before starting Sling, you spent 15 years working in Silicon Valley. What have you learned about our relationships and habits regarding technology?

A: First off, if I could see technology just completely go away, I would probably root for that.

Q: Why would you root to get rid of technology?

A: At the end of the day, a lot of technology is abused. People start to lose sight of what is really important and spend more time in virtual worlds. Everyone always has said, ‘Oh, computers or e-mail or whatever are going to make your life easier. It’s going to give you more time to spend in leisure.’ Who are we kidding? There is nothing farther from the truth. It just means you can work harder, harder and faster, faster.

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