Similarly to Chan’s post and the post entitled life between buildings (not sure who wrote this) I was also thinking about the way in which physical and virtual mobility must coexist. You both discuss how certain forms of mobility that are energy efficient are of greater value and therefore we could perhaps replace the unnecessary movement with virtual movement. So for example instead of every family in the country driving to out of town to shopping centres for their weekly groceries, they could be ordered online and transported by one vehicle taking the most efficient route. This would then give us more time for pleasurable mobility such as walking and socialising.
i know people who use this sort of service and there diet becomes very static, they do not try new things, they eat basic foods e.g. toast, chips, ready meals and they treat food as a chore instead of a right. The need to experiment and enjoy life i think comes from change and internet shopping in this way forces it to become stale. there is also the idea that the human race will become dependent on machines and will louse touch with a healthy life style. becoming a slave to the machine
ReplyDelete