TRUST:
A favourite photo app didn’t keep the images I made.
Macs consume my life, eat time with updates & things
that no longer work unless I hand over pieces of my
life to download versions that often do less then they
used to. The boys in the Mac shop smile & say,
“You can get a PDF receipt of your purchase if everyone’s
busy. There’s an app to scan in bar codes, you don’t even
have to wait to be served.” One more app. in the encroaching
dependence on the invisible, more more step away from
human contact. I tell him, “I have so much in my life
that’s virtual it’s important that I have a little
hard copy now & then.” He looks at me baffled, like
he just heard a disembodied voice in the either,
I’m talking in tongues, communicating in a foreign
language. He says, “One day all purchases will be made
by phone. I look him square in the eye & say,
“I sincerely hope you’re wrong”.
(K)
Karl Hyde 
Albeit to live during these times and witness the future unfold around is fascinating. However, whether it be music, business, anything at all for that matter, the process of getting from point A to point be has become a complicated one to say the least. With rapid fire communication it’s difficult to keep up at times as you are well aware. We are isolating ourselves from one another from within our technology bubbles, yet communicating on a different level such as this. A weird paradigm of sorts….that said, our human skills such politeness, care, and kindness have ended up in the toilet as a result; natural human contact becoming awkward and something of the past. I hope he’s wrong too. I would trade a firm handshake, some eye contact, or a warm hug, for another software update any day.
great conversation starter Karl, and a great response Mark. my worry is if we buy everything online what happens when there the plug is pulled- which it will be- are all of our lives that disposable!? as communciation styles change and we move to a world which is more and more virtual, we lose the essence of what makes us human. click i disconnect from you, click when you’re gone you take your sanctury.
I suppose it is fortuitous that through being in touring bands you at least end up at festivals and such where vendors still sell things the old fashioned way. Here in the northwest US, we have even have barter faires without much electronic entertainment, and minimal to no vendor fees. money is not even used at all at rainbow gatherings. not sure what the european equivalents of those things are.