Feb
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Perspective
Filed Under Technology
I like to see to see people who are way into something. Maybe it’s model trains. Maybe it’s political punditry. Whatever flips your switch, I say go for it. All the way. Too far is where you always want to go, to paraphrase Patton Oswalt. We have enough people in this nation hanging out in front of the TV, never following a passion for anything.
The downside if this can be a loss of perspective. It’s easy enough to forget that the rest of the world doesn’t care that there were significant storyline anachronisms in the final season of Farscape.
This is why I want to applaud Leo Laporte. TWIT (This Week in Tech) is Leo’s wonderful podcast featuring a number of minds sharing insightful views about weekly technology news. But even these folks can lose sight of the larger picture at times. However, I was pleased to see the panel in TWIT #129 step outside the fold a bit. The group was discussing the new Mac laptop, the ultra thin MacBook Air. In general, they were unimpressed. But the interesting part came when Leo noted how the current economic downturn puts such a fetish device in perspective. It’s not often that you see people downplay the role of their interests in the bigger picture, especially people who make their living in these fields.
Perspective is always good to see, especially in journalism.
But I still want a MacBook Air.
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