[lbo-talk] Not a technophobe

[ravi]

Michael Perelman wrote:
> I do not consider myself a technophobe.  In Chico, I don't need a car
> except to leave town. A bicycle is excellent transportation, but I
> ride while listening to Democracy Now or some such program using a
> modern MP3 player.  The question is not so much whether technology is
> good or bad, but rather whether it is appropriate.
> 

while i tend to fall (mostly) on your side of the above opinion, i do 
not think that the question (of whether technology is good or bad, on a 
scale, not in a binary sense -- as in the 'golem') is to be ruled out or 
is unimportant. do we really need to reach as far back as heidegger to 
address that concern seriously?

	--ravi