Word: stupidities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stupid and neither are you. It's 1995 and we're no longer technological naifs. Many of us don't need how-to books like Windows for Dummies or Macs for Dummies because we've been using (or trying to use) computers for more than 15 years. We neither fear them, nor want them to go away. When they work, they help organize our thoughts and simplify our lives. When they don't, we want to rap them smartly on their sides. Repeatedly. Until the nurse comes and leads us to a quiet room...
This is wonderful news -- at least the company is moving in the proper direction-and if it's true, maybe I'll start using the IBM clone that sits on my desk, stupid as a lawn jockey. But this isn't about me. This is about what's good for the entire digital world. And what's good for the digital world has nothing to do with smart technology versus stupid technology. It has to do with who's biggest and most likely to put all the pieces together. More important, it has to do with someone finally being responsible...
...mind to sustain our full attention over that span. Freedom, Wallace keeps telling everyone, is a good thing, worth dying for. Tyranny, on the other hand, is a bad thing. It leads to rape and pillage, and besides, its soldiers always march in straight lines, which is stupid...
...college. We go to Harvard," Drakesaid. "We're supposed to be the leaders oftomorrow, but apparently we're too stupid tochoose where we want to live...
...future, anyone (of any race, creed, gender or religion) who even brings up these topics will be accused of abetting baby killers. So we can chalk up another victory for the Oklahoma City bombers. In addition to being vicious terrorists and murderers of innocent children, they are mind-bendingly stupid individuals...