The article – Your Brain on Computers – says technology is frying our brains and destroying our families and social lives. We’ve all read the same article at a dozen different newspaper websites a dozen times before: lots of information about how much time we spend (delete as appropriate) online/on Twitter/on Facebook/at work/with a computer/on our mobile phones. But actually very little in the way of any hard evidence – and in fact in the NY Times article even admits that:

"The bottom line is, the brain is wired to adapt,” said Steven Yantis, a professor of brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University. “There’s no question that rewiring goes on all the time,” he added. But he said it was too early to say whether the changes caused by technology were materially different from others in the past.

Nevertheless, five pages of heart-rending personal stories about a bunch of white-livered, malingering chicken-shits later, the dark thoughts come creeping back. Am I on Twitter too much? Am I addicted? Am I some kind of faint-hearted quitter?

That’s where Kelly comes in, and I must say thank you to the @AdHack blog – discovered via Twitter btw – for pointing me towards the only rehabilitation I need. AdHack has posted NOT MERELY a full transcript of Kelly talking about The Technium but ALSO a hypnotic video that makes it easier to swallow these words directly through the eyes and into the brain. Even a few minutes of exposure to this will help. I have picked out a few of the choice phrases below for those who are too busy even to watch online video these days.

Kelly doesn’t worry himself with whether technology is good or bad – he is beyond good and evil, redefining technology as an exotropic cosmic force that’s changing us at a genetic level and speeding up evolution (not sure about the science here but it’s exciting nonetheless). It really puts things back into perspective. Keep Kelly near, and try and use some of his phrases in business meetings next week. Do let me know how it goes.Kelly doesn’t worry himself with whether technology is good or bad – he is beyond good and evil, redefining technology as an exotropic cosmic force that’s changing us at a genetic level and speeding up evolution (not sure about the science here but it’s exciting nonetheless). It really puts things back into perspective. Keep Kelly near, and try and use some of his phrases in business meetings next week. Do let me know how it goes.