[extropy-chat] no electronics at Singularity Summit???

[Samantha Atkins]

I wear a bluetooth headset so I am handsfree.  If something needs  
more of my attention I tell the caller to hang on.  No big deal.  For  
most of us around 95% of the time we are driving the actual driving  
has very little of our attention as most of the non-emergency stuff  
is largely semi-automated behavior.  So I see no reason that in these  
rather boring lag times we should forego conversation with physical  
or virtually present people.

- samantha

On May 23, 2006, at 2:31 PM, MB wrote:

> -xx- Damien wrote:
>>
>> And polite and attentive passengers will shut up if they see traffic
>> getting complicated, which is one advantage they have over cells.
>>
>
> Ah, and the cellphone user could simply hang up, explaining there is a
> complex traffic situation ahead. But somehow they don't seem to do  
> that -
> or I don't hear of them doing so.
>
>
>> The driver may also have the option of simply tuning out the speaker;
>> just because they're talking doesn't mean you're listening. :)
>>
>
> Well said, and very true. On a cellphone, tuning out could be called
> hanging up. :)
>
> Regards,
> MB
>
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