So there's a new iPad...the iPad 2. Already?
Just as Americans were getting used to the presence of a new super electronic device, Apple feels the need to introduce a new and improved gadget to pique consumer interests and gobble up their disposable incomes. It's only been a year since the last one appeared.
The targeted demographic for iPad 2s are the people who have the original but want an upgrade. So a new technology already bites the dust and is replaced by something that is thinner, faster and has a longer battery life.
This is how things go in the U.S.: one technology comes out, and before it becomes part of the mainstream and people adapt to it, a new toy is introduced.
Americans don't need yet another distraction.
Companies like Apple need to stop improving on technologies before they have a chance to be outdated and let the culture catch up with the inventions. People are running after all of the new technologies that are being introduced, and this doesn't make sense. Humans create the technology, but instead of harnessing the beast, we (especially Americans) are letting it run wild and attack our modes of communication, social interactions and relationships.
America is a Jenga game when it comes to technology. As we keep building upon what we already have, our cultural instability grows.
When will we all fall down?
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