| Roberto Verzola on 4 Oct 2000 15:27:39 -0000 |
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>I forget his name, but an Australian systems theorist and educator >commented that our eyes had evolved to see reflected rather than projected >light. Whether or not CMI is easily stored and copied is not necessarily Health (physical and mental) issues connected with increasing on kbd-screen are under-explored, in my opinion. I am easily imagine what staring for hours at a fixed radiation source, everyday for 10, 20, 30 years, will do to our eyes. I have already referred to the way kbd-screen has ingratiated itself into my writing-thinking process. I've had to work hard at recovering my writing-thinking skills if there's no kbd-screen in front of me. Overdependence on mechanical devices have led to diseases caused by lack of physical exercise. I wonder what would result from overdependence on machines for some of the mental work we do? Roberto _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold