Till death do us part (the medium is the massage)

The medium is the massage is a looking glass into our way of living as highly social and conforming individuals. this book describes technology as an extension of our senses. more than tools, they form part of us. without these tools our lives become complicated and ignorant. our dependency on tools is exponentially increased by our conforming way of living. Its easier to be happy in the short run, and No thought is placed on the long run. In a way i am torn with my argument, becasue i do love my ipod, laptop, PSP, TV, ect. I would be a hypocrite to say otherwise. these toys are tools used in so many fields, and have become such a big part of us that its not in me to say that i am against all these things, but i do believed that we do need to aknowledge that by adopting these toys we took the good and the bad. For better for worse, till death do us part. We made a pact with devil and sold our souls in exchange for technology.
The way this book is portrayed is definetly an inovation, and the ideas are surreal but true. its a disection of our way of living, and self destructive way of thinking. its funny how we say progress, when if we think about its really nothing more than a gas stops twords the land of the lost. we are animals, but unlike our other fellow species we are very destructive in nature. our large size brain is such a powerful and dangeoruse tool. when placed in the right hands it cuold be beneficiall, but on the wrong hands it could be deadly, almost like giving a two year old a neumatic nail gun. We are highly social animals that seek aproval from our peers, because of this we fall in this conforming way of living. human nature is to be satisfied in all areas of our life, and we are good at doing this. if there is something that really decreases our level of satisfaction we change it, and if we cant change it we conform to it. its in our nature to adapt to any physical change. Our emotional realm also conforms, even if this means that he/she will have to go against everything they have ever believed in, but for the sake of their well being we will change our ideals. the ability to conform is a natural response to all organisims. This idea brings us back to the medium is the massage by allowing us to understand reasons why we use technolgy even thogh we are aware of how it slowly, but steadly destroys us.