The attack of the machines

  In case it isn't too hard for some of you to think of the violent take over of the machines we created to eventually turn against us, like in the movie, The Terminator. Let me point out to you that the subtleness of our total dependence on them is well under way. Our absolute obsession to be the first on your block to own the newest and fastest hand held computer/phone, is both sad and funny. I watch as people rush to give away more of themselves to these machines.  Their privacy, and yes, in extreme cases, they give away their very lives to these machines, and so willingly. I know that many of you view me as just an angry old man trying to stave off the onslaught of these devices, and you would be both right and wrong about it, both at the same time. Its true that they have already begun to take over, and that I do my best to fight it, but I am not angry about what I see going on in this situation, but rather sad, and a little scared too. Make no mistake, big brother is already watching, we past that milestone in the Obama years, even though the potential for such abuse was there before his administration. The question is, Can we stop it? The answer to that is no, nor should we when the computers are used for medical and scientific reasons, and in that way, are indispensable.

  But as for its offshoot, the social internet, that is a whole other matter. The social internet exists for one reason and one reason only, and that is to sell. It is one huge selling machine. Having been taken on three different occasions for a total of $1,250 dollars, Two fifty for a concert seat scam, the other $1,000 wasted on two so called Christian self publish companies. Wolves in sheep's clothing types for those of you who know scripture. If you remember nothing else from this article, remember these two old true sayings, One, Nothing is for free, and two, If it sounds too good to be true, it is. Lessons I relearned online. I'm pretty street smart, and in one on one personal encounters, I can spot the schemers and the hustlers a mile off, but when dealing with the faceless and dead computers? Well, like I admitted, they already got me once, they won't again. There was one other time, and that with a stock advice company. But that was more of a salesman lying to make a commission. 

But quickly now, they, ( the computer giants), do two things to you the consumer. First, you must submit to training for whatever device you choose to use. Knowing full well that the average person, no matter your age, will need their help. Via planned obsolescence, wherein you need the next upgrade or app, or, to keep just enough a secret, so that you are totally dependent on them, either way, they win, and you the buyer whose hard earned dollars have made these few men so incredibly rich and powerful, are at their mercy. Either way, no matter how you look at it, we have reached that tipping point where we are more dependent on them, than are they of us.  And if that doesn't scare you in some way, it should.