NPU vs Mobile
Music: Flamenco Roots – Munir Bashir
What a fantastic CD this is, especially the 25 minute title track! Thanks to BB for turning me on to this one.
I am convinced that the reason for the multi-tasking, the mobile-phone-calling-while-driving is the same reason that we have NPUs everywhere. The brain loves playing these games… how much can I handle at once… how far is too far…
I get the sense that in a few years either a chip in each car will prevent a phone from identifying itself to a cell-tower while the car is moving – thus the phone won’t work – or a person applying for a driver’s license will have to master a multi-tasking test in addition to the other tests…
In the above mentioned comment Susana writes:
We, as a society, have been so accustomed to multi-tasking in our work and at home that we cannot quiet the mind.
Regarding a well-put comment to the cellphone-driving post, here is something recent from Robert Fripp’s Diary, in which he comments on the NPU (Noise Pollution Unit,Replica Chanel, e.g. radio or stereo system, especially in a public space such as a restaurant)
who chose to switch this on?
what function does this serve?
who chose the music?
who is listening?
The plastic flowers on my table were strong, and didn’t wilt under the ongoing attack.
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