ARE YOU A DATA JUNKIE ?

JUST  FINISHED  WATCHING  CBC  "DOC  ZONE"  -  A  PROGRAM  DEVOTED  TO  DOCUMENTARIES.

TOO  BAD  THIS  LATEST  [END  OF  JULY  2015]  IS  NOT AVAILABLE  TO  BE  VIEWED  ALL  AROUND  THE  WORLD.

IT  WAS  TO  DO  WITH  DATA  JUNKIES!!

TODAY  WE  LIVE  IN  A  DATA  AGE.... DATA  COMING  YOUR  WAY  NON-STOP!!

AS  ONE  MAN  SAID,  YOU  CAN  WATCH  WORLD  NEWS  24  HOURS  A  DAY  7  DAYS  A  WEEK.

THEN  THERE  WAS  THE  ONE  YOUNG  LADY  WHO  ADMITTED  SHE  WAS  ON  "TWEETING"  FROM  THE  TIME  SHE  AWOKE  TO  THE  TIME  SHE  WENT  TO  BED.

OTHERS  ADMITTING  THEY  PRETTY  WELL  LIVED  THEIR  LIVES  ON  THEIR  SMART-PHONE  OR  TABLET  OR  COMPUTER.  ONE  MAN  SAYING  IT  WAS  HEADING  FOR  A  BREAK-UP  IN  HIS  MARRIAGE  IF  HE  DID  NOT  DO  SOMETHING  ABOUT  IT.

ANOTHER  YOUNGER  LADY  SAID  SHE  HAD  OVER  100  THOUSAND  EMAILS  ON  HER  COMPUTER,  AND  86  THOUSAND  WERE  UN-READ.  WHEN  ASKED  WHY  SHE  JUST  DID  NOT  DELETE  THEM,  HER  ANSWER  WAS,  "WELL  THAT  WOULD  BE  A  JOB  ALL  BY  ITSELF  ABOVE  MY  REGULAR  JOB,  SO  I  GUESS  LET  THEM  COME  IN."

NOW  THIS  IS  SERIOUS  STUFF,  THIS  DATA  JUNKIE  PEOPLE.  THERE  ARE  NOW  GROUPS  -  CLUB  TYPE  GROUPS  -  IN  ALL  LARGE  CITIES  IN  NORTH  AMERICA,  WHO  MEET  ONCE  A  MONTH,  OR  WEEK,  TO  SHARE  AND  DISCUSS THE  LATEST  "DATA"  GADGETS..... FROM  MEASURING  YOUR  HEART  BEATS  WHEN  WALKING  OR  ON  YOUR  BIKE,  TO..... WELL  JUST  ABOUT  EVERYTHING YOU  CAN  THINK  OF  TO  MONITOR  YOUR  EVERY  MINUTE  AND  EVERY  FUNCTION  OF  YOUR  BODY.

PEOPLE  ARE  MAKING  FILE  FOLDER  GRAPHS  ABOUT  THEMSELVES,  IN  EVERY  WAY  THEY  WANT.

PEOPLE  WANT  TO  RECORD  EVERY  MINUTE  OF  THEIR  LIVES,  SO  THEY  CAN  GO  BACK  OVER  IT [WELL  IF  THEY  GET  THE  TIME  OFF  FROM  RECORDING  EVERY  MINUTE].

PEOPLE  HAVE  THOUSANDS  OF  PHOTOS  ON  THEIR  SMART-PHONE, TABLET, OR COMPUTER..... SO  MANY  THEY  CAN'T  FIND  THE  ONES  THEY  WANT  TO  FIND;  SOME  HIRE  PEOPLE  WHO  HELP  ORGANIZE  THEIR  PHOTOS..... YA  SOME  PEOPLE  MAKE  A  LIVING  ORGANIZING  PEOPLE'S  PHOTOS.

THERE  IS  THE  CRAZE  OF  TAKING  PHOTOS  JUST  ABOUT  EVERY  FIVE  MINUTES;  MEANINGLESS  STUFF..... LIKE  A  PHOTO  OF  A  PAIR  OF  SHOES,  OR  THEIR  DINNER  PLATE  OF  FOOD,  OR  A  HALL-WAY,  A  CLOSET,  A  DUST-PAN,  AND  ETC.  IT'S  CLICK,  CLICK,  CLICK,  AND  MORE  CLICK.  SOME  PEOPLE  EVEN  WANT  TO  TAKE  PHOTOS  OF  OTHER PEOPLE'S DINNER BEFORE THEY START TO EAT IT - STRANGERS  COMING  OVER  AND ASKING IF THEY CAN TAKE  A  PHOTO  OF  THE  OTHER  STRANGER'S  DINNER  PLATE  FOOD.

SOME  PERFORMERS  AT  A  CONCERT  HAVE  TO  ASK  THE  AUDIENCE  TO  STOP  HOLDING  UP  THEIR  .... WHATEVERS.... AND  NOT  VIDEO  THE  SHOW;  AND  PEOPLE  JUST  IGNORE  THE  PLEA.  I  MEAN  WHEN  PERFORMING  YOU  HAVE  ENOUGH  LIGHTS  ON  YOU  WITHOUT  HUNDREDS  OF  SMART-PHONE  LIGHTS..... IT'S  JUST  OUT  AND  OUT  CRAZY  AND  BIZARRE  WHAT  SOME [MORE  AND  MORE  IT  SEEMS]  DO  TO  COLLECT  "DATA."

THE  BOTTOM  LINE  IS  WE,  WAY  TOO  MANY  OF  US,  ARE  BECOMING  "DATA  JUNKIES"  -  "DATA-OLICS"  -  "DATA-BINGERS"  AND  SIMPLY  DRUGED  OUT  ON  HAVING  TO  HAVE  DATA  OF  ONE  KIND  OR  ANOTHER.

THEN  THERE  IS  THE  CRAZE  OF  "SELFY"  TAKING  -  PEOPLE  HAVE  TO  HAVE  THEIR  FACE  IN  WHATEVER  THEY  ARE  TAKING  A  PHOTO  OF;  OR  JUST  THE VANITY  OF  TAKE  YOUR  FACE  SHOT  A  DOZEN  TIMES  A  DAY,  SENDING  IT  OUT,  OR  POSTING  ON  FACEBOOK...... THE  ULTIMATE  VANITY  EGO.

AND  IN  SO  USING  DATA,  YOU  ARE  BEING  WATCHED....YES  KINDA  SPIDER-WEBS  LOOKING  AT  WHAT  YOU  LOOK  AT;  THEN  ADVERTISERS  BIT  TO  SEND  YOU  ADS,  HOPING  TO  GET  YOUR  BUSINESS;  HENCE  YOU  CAN  BECOME  INUNDATED  WITH  EMAILS.  THAT'S  PROBABLY  PART  OF  THE  REASON  THAT  LADY  HAS  OVER  100  THOUSAND  EMAILS  ON  HER  COMPUTER.  I  GET  ABOUT  10  EMAILS  A  DAY,  SO  VERY  EASY  FOR  ME  TO  READ  AND  DELETE,  AND  SOME  OF  THEM  I  DECIDE  NOT  TO  READ.  PEOPLE CAN'T  BELIEVE  HOW  "CLEAN"  MY  COMPUTER  IS.  NOW  SEEING  THIS  DOCUMENTARY  I'M  BEGINNING  TO  UNDERSTAND  WHY. I  GUESS  YOU  CAN  SAY  I'M  ABOUT  AS  FAR  AWAY  FROM  BEING  A  "DATA-OLIC"  AS  YOU  CAN  GET.

SO  YES,  TO  BE  SURE,  NOW  THERE  IS [FROM  FORMER  DATA  DRUGGIES]  -  DATA  FREE  CAMPS;  YOU  GO  TO  GET  AWAY  FROM  DATA!  NO  CEL-PHONES;  SMART-PHONES;  TABLETS;  LAP-TOPS  ETC.  ARE  ALLOWED.  YOU  LEARN  TO  RE-CONNECT  WITH  PEOPLE  IN  A  PERSONAL  WAY.  YOU  LEARN  THERE  IS  AND  CAN  BE  A  LIFE  WITHOUT  "DATA"  COLLECTING  DEVICES.  YOU  LEARN  TO  ENJOY  BEING  WITH  PEOPLE  AGAIN  IN  THE  REAL  PRESENT  OF  JUST  YOU  AND  THEM,  WITH  NO  GADGETS  RINGING,  BUZZING,  VIBRATING,  NO  SCREENS  TO  LOOK  AT.

YES  THE  YOUNG  LADY  WHO  WAS  "TWEETING"  FROM  THE  MOMENT  SHE  AWOKE  TO  THE  MOMENT  OF  BEDTIME..... SHE  DE-TWEETED  -  DE-ACCOUNTED  HER  "TWEET"  ACCOUNT;  EVEN  GOT  OFF  FACEBOOK.  SHE  JUST  COULD  NOT  CONTROL  SUCH  THINGS,  SO  BINGO....OFF  INTO  OUT-SPACE  YOU  GO,  NO  PART  OF  MY  LIFE  ANY  MORE.

SOME  JUST  HAVE  TO  DO  THAT..... THEY  JUST  CAN'T  CONTROL  BEING  A  DATA  JUNKIE.

WELL  I  SURE  HOPE  YOU  ARE  NOT  PART  OF  THIS  EVER  INCREASING  IT  SEEMS,  21ST  CENTURY,  DATA DRUGGIES,  WHO  CAN'T  LIVE  FOR  5  MINUTES [LET  ALONE  5  HOURS  OR  MORE]  WITHOUT  COLLECTING  SOME  KIND  OF  DATA,  ON  THIS  OR  THAT  GADGET.

TAKE  STOCK  -  LOOK  AT  YOURSELF  HONESTLY  -  ARE  YOU  A  DATA  JUNKIE?

IF  YOU  ARE,  YOU  NEED  TO  DO  SOMETHING  ABOUT  IT.  SERIOUSLY...... GET  A  LIFE,  GET  A  HOBBY  [OTHER  THAN  GADGET  DATA  COLLECTING],  INTERACT  WITH  PEOPLE,  IN  THE  GOOD  OLD  FASHIONED  WAY,  BEFORE  WE  HAD  ALL  THESE  DATA  TECH  STUFF.  GET  OUT  THERE  AND  EXERCISE  WITHOUT  BEING  HOOKED  INTO  SOMETHING  STUCK  TO  YOU,  OR  AROUND  YOUR  BELLY  OR  WRIST.  FIGURE  OUT  HOW  TO  BE  HAPPY,  NICE  TO  OTHERS,  WITHOUT  SOME  MACHINE  TELLING  YOU  YOUR  "MOODS"  AND  WHEN  TO  SMILE  ETC.

LEARN  HOW  TO  LIVE  WITHOUT  A  MACHINE  DICTATING  YOUR  LIFE  IN  EVERY  FACET.

DO  NOT  BE  A  DATA  JUNKIE!!!
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