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    The daily news had a story from gartner about technology trends, one of the top 10 items was "Human Augmentation" It reckons this is using technology to help humans but: - from the title (my initial guess before reading the description) - but even more-so from real life I really think gartner has that bass-ackwards. OIOW: hands up anyone else finds themselves an extention a slave to technology

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      The daily news had a story from gartner about technology trends, one of the top 10 items was "Human Augmentation" It reckons this is using technology to help humans but: - from the title (my initial guess before reading the description) - but even more-so from real life I really think gartner has that bass-ackwards. OIOW: hands up anyone else finds themselves an extention a slave to technology

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        The daily news had a story from gartner about technology trends, one of the top 10 items was "Human Augmentation" It reckons this is using technology to help humans but: - from the title (my initial guess before reading the description) - but even more-so from real life I really think gartner has that bass-ackwards. OIOW: hands up anyone else finds themselves an extention a slave to technology

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        Well, I make my living using technology. All my hobbies involve technology (although I guess I could go out for a walk or read a book). Of course when I finish that book I need technology to buy a new one (which was also created using technology). The technology I need was created using different technologies. Technology keeps my food and drinks cold or frozen and it's technology that helps me prepare it. Winter is coming and even though it's still 20+ C inside the house I do sometimes have the heater on on a cold day which is, you guessed it, more technology. I could go on for a while, but you get the idea. It's probably not what you (or Gartner) meant, but I'm going to put both my hands and feet up into the air :laugh:

        Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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          The daily news had a story from gartner about technology trends, one of the top 10 items was "Human Augmentation" It reckons this is using technology to help humans but: - from the title (my initial guess before reading the description) - but even more-so from real life I really think gartner has that bass-ackwards. OIOW: hands up anyone else finds themselves an extention a slave to technology

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          We are all slaves to it, whether we use it directly or not.

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            The daily news had a story from gartner about technology trends, one of the top 10 items was "Human Augmentation" It reckons this is using technology to help humans but: - from the title (my initial guess before reading the description) - but even more-so from real life I really think gartner has that bass-ackwards. OIOW: hands up anyone else finds themselves an extention a slave to technology

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            We all surrounded with technology... The question is what you are doing when that technology stops working? Where is your breaking point? If a broken phone paralyzes you, you are enslaved... If you starting to panic when the washing machine flooding the flat, you are only overreacting... A heating refrigerator will freak out almost anyone...

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              The daily news had a story from gartner about technology trends, one of the top 10 items was "Human Augmentation" It reckons this is using technology to help humans but: - from the title (my initial guess before reading the description) - but even more-so from real life I really think gartner has that bass-ackwards. OIOW: hands up anyone else finds themselves an extention a slave to technology

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              My sister was once asked by a ten year-old pupil: "Miss, did they have technology when you were young?" She told him that she's have to search her memory banks and get back to him.

              Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                Well, I make my living using technology. All my hobbies involve technology (although I guess I could go out for a walk or read a book). Of course when I finish that book I need technology to buy a new one (which was also created using technology). The technology I need was created using different technologies. Technology keeps my food and drinks cold or frozen and it's technology that helps me prepare it. Winter is coming and even though it's still 20+ C inside the house I do sometimes have the heater on on a cold day which is, you guessed it, more technology. I could go on for a while, but you get the idea. It's probably not what you (or Gartner) meant, but I'm going to put both my hands and feet up into the air :laugh:

                Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                I suspect (hope even) that you don't go for a walk without clothes; so you're you're probably even more dependent on technology than you realise! :)

                Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                  The daily news had a story from gartner about technology trends, one of the top 10 items was "Human Augmentation" It reckons this is using technology to help humans but: - from the title (my initial guess before reading the description) - but even more-so from real life I really think gartner has that bass-ackwards. OIOW: hands up anyone else finds themselves an extention a slave to technology

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                  Without technology we couldn't exist as we do.

                  They call me different but the truth is they're all the same! JaxCoder.com

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                    I suspect (hope even) that you don't go for a walk without clothes; so you're you're probably even more dependent on technology than you realise! :)

                    Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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                    PeejayAdams wrote:

                    I suspect (hope even) that you don't go for a walk without clothes

                    Don't tell me how to live my life ;p

                    Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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