Jinx

This makes me nervous.

Amid the rest of the fatuous coverage of Live8 was this Jim Farber piece from the NYDaily News, which ended with this quote:

The ability to sample concerts from around the world made a dramatic contrast to Live Aid. Back in the original show's stone age, fans were slaves to whatever MTV chose to show from London and Philly. This time, listeners with the right toys could cruise the world, and time-travel at will. As exciting as the best music of the day turned out to be — and as worthy the cause — perhaps the most powerful angle to it all was in demonstrating how small technology has made our world.

If the planet is smaller than we used to think, maybe our problems are too.

Ugh. Didn't they say that after the Berlin Wall fell?

I get nervous whenever people think technology will give us a lower sum total of trouble.

Posted by Mitch at July 5, 2005 05:12 AM | TrackBack