tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311799.post4772848781330898894..comments2024-03-03T17:02:10.067-05:00Comments on Notes from a Byzantine-Rite Calvinist: The death of the parish: a motor-driven ecclesiologyDavid Koyzishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994743332307454241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311799.post-38723663854880035802014-10-29T10:57:39.041-04:002014-10-29T10:57:39.041-04:00Smart phones are dangerous to pedestrians who use ...Smart phones are dangerous to pedestrians who use them while crossing a street. Only weeks ago I came close to hitting a pedestrian who had her nose in her phone. She didn't cross the street immediately when the WALK sign appeared, so I thought she didn't intend to cross. But then, without looking up or around, she started into the crosswalk just as I was about to turn right. Yikes! This is hardly progress.David Koyzishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994743332307454241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311799.post-16906030172464737352014-10-23T13:46:51.515-04:002014-10-23T13:46:51.515-04:00It is for this reason that I have encouraged all o...It is for this reason that I have encouraged all of my friends who are pursuing a life of science or engineering to read Weber's Science as a Vocation. I think that Weber rightfully points out that we are too prone to accepting progress for the sake of progress when it comes to technology. That old adage-you don't need it until you have it has become overwhelmingly prevalent in our society. What makes it harder is that, once the majority has embraced a change for good or for ill, it is almost impossible for the individual to exist. Smart phones have probably received enough abuse to make the argument a straw-man, but I still insist that they have played a part in damaging a lot of the social fibres of our society-yet I have one and wouldn't get rid of it, since I need it for work. Why do I need it? Because everyone else has one. <br />Sometimes-just because something is new doesn't make it good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com