End of The Day Thought

Hey folks,

Do you really have any idea how spoiled we really are? I mean seriously, we truly do not realize how spoiled we have become. Technology plays an intricate part in this.

Think about it. We live in a society where it is too much effort to hold our foot in one position for a period of time. We invent cruse control. Don’t want to get up to change the channel, remote control. Don’t want to wait for food to cook. Microwave. Computers now control most aspects of our lives. Our kids no longer need an imagination. Their toys do everything for them. Don’t want to go to the movies? Buy or rent them. Don’t want to wait? Take them with you with your portable DVD player. Now let’s talk about music. Shall we?

We went from LPs, 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, and now I-Pods are the rage. Who needs to be able to listen to 15-20 songs when you can listen to 900 plus songs in your pocket. But wait, we’re not done yet. According to a new AP article South Korea is now making Smart cloths.

"Technology-savvy South Korea isn't happy making only MP3 players and the memory chips that go inside many of the more popular models. It also wants people wearing South Korean "smart" clothes with built-in digital music players.

The government is backing efforts to launch the digitized apparel by the end of the year, hoping to win a top position for the country as an exporter of such clothing."

Now you do not even need an MP3 player, I-Pod, or anything else. Just put on your music and go. Is there really a market for this? Of course there is. The South Korean government is counting on it.

"Since 2004, smart-apparel development has involved a range of research institutes, universities and conglomerates with the active support of the South Korean government. The government even has estimated that the global market for digital clothing could be $7 billion by 2014. South Korea wants more than 20 percent of it."

Do you wonder why the world hates us? Because we are spoiled. Now we will have musical cloths? Maybe it is this very reason that we, as a nation, really cannot grasp the concept of other countries situations. Did you know, that according to my friend Tania, something near two thirds of Russians do not have plumbing in their homes? We are talking Moscow. Not some little village in the middle of now where.

It’s really easy to sit back and complain about how bad we have things here. To say that other countries need to see things like we do. It’s real easy sitting in your air conditioned home watching one of your TVs and eating for the third time in the day. We are so spoiled, that we do not even realize how spoiled we really are.
Peter