Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00412)

At 09:06 PM 8/23/1998 EDT, you wrote:
>MKR writes:
>
>>But some
>>theosophical organizations are still wedded to print media. How long it is
>>going to take for them to understand the possible shrinking *market* for
>>printed media which can be sold where as info on the net is free for most
>>part.
>========================
>      Seems to me most all you say about the internet, et. al. is pretty
true,
>very interesting, and a great way to spread Theosophical literature, but
think
>you underestimate the "dark side" or shadow that follows the technology.
>Nature never gives you something for nothing, and Somewhere there is a big
>price to pay - maybe in the psychological realm. Good people can use
computers
>but bad people can too.
>        On sticking to paper technology,  A good book will last hundreds of
>years, while the longevity of computer disks/ technology, etc. is unproven.
>Maybe some mega--virus or something will hit and wipe out computer technology
>for years, or an unprecedented Solar storm will have some unforseen
>electromagnetic effect, or  who knows.  The majority of the world's
population
>is too poor, far too poor to purchase a computer,  but they need no support
>apparatus to have an read a book.
>====================
>         Also - for what it is worth, for anybody that might have me in an
>address book - my mmrj@powersupply.net address is no longer any good.
>
>
Anytime technology is there, there is going to be some downside to it. What
one has to see is whether in the overall, the upside overwhelms the
downside. Take for example air travel. While we still have parts of the
world using horses, bulls, mules and foot for travel, many have been helped
a lot by airplanes.

mkr