I write a lot about the
technological changes in our society. Or more often the techno-illogical
changes. Like something I call techno-chauvinism.
Chauvinism is loosely defined as
assuming your point of view is the preeminent point of view and lording it
snootily over others as a result, or just blithely thinking your point of view
is
the only point of view. It's not quite as intense as racism or bigotry but
falls into the same family of blissful arrogance.
An example of techno-chauvinism is
assuming other people have the same technology you do. Like Outlook. Outlook
apparently offers a way to send calendar appointments to other people on
Outlook. You enter it into yours, and it emails it to your selected list of
recipients.
All well and good unless your
recipient doesn't have Outlook. Then they get a blank email. One that looks
like spam or a virus. Look out, I think, the outlook doesn't look good.
Oh well. I just email the individual
back and ask them to resend whatever it is they sent. But lately a new piece of
techno-chauvinism has been cropping up that's more worrisome. People texting to
landlines.
I've had folks say, "I left
you a message" and when I drill down to why I didn't get it I find that
they've left a text on my landline at my place of work. They didn't leave a
message at all because no message came through. And since there is no fax
rejection or busy signal when one texts, they know nothing about it.
I even got an actual follow-up call
from a company who had left such a message, asking me if I wanted to buy their
service. Their service? To provide text capability for my landlines.
Even they were
techno-chauvinists....
America, ya gotta love it.
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