Comments on: I am: My iPod Serial Number – YM6201CZSZV http://www.blackrimglasses.com/2007/09/10/i-am-my-ipod-serial-number-ym6201czszv/ Music + Technology + Random Nonsense from the Music Industry by Ethan Kaplan, VP Product, Live Nation Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:55:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BankessedaDek http://www.blackrimglasses.com/2007/09/10/i-am-my-ipod-serial-number-ym6201czszv/comment-page-1/#comment-190119 BankessedaDek Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:17:47 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2007/09/10/i-am-my-ipod-serial-number-ym6201czszv/#comment-190119 Gifts that do a world of good! <a href="postcardchristmas.com" rel="nofollow">Christmas Gifts - Postcards</a> We send personalized cards for you! Gifts that do a world of good!
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]]> By: Trevor Nelson http://www.blackrimglasses.com/2007/09/10/i-am-my-ipod-serial-number-ym6201czszv/comment-page-1/#comment-188943 Trevor Nelson Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:20:33 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2007/09/10/i-am-my-ipod-serial-number-ym6201czszv/#comment-188943 Progressive? Yes. Humanizing? No. But I think in this use (or regarging technology) 'progressive' and 'humanizing' are mutually exclusive. Name a time in history where 'progress' was seen as bringing people together on a human level. Even today with the vast number of social tools it's still all digital and at times anonymous. I don't think you can ask for and have all the digital toys you do and then decry them as 'dehumanizing.' With the enormous number of people, products, services, etc. out there, they simply can't refer to you and acknowledge you as 'Ethan'. It's your family, you friends, and your co-workers that do that. They're what 'humanize' you in the face of 'progress.' And the internet can't take that away. Progressive? Yes. Humanizing? No.
But I think in this use (or regarging technology) ‘progressive’ and ‘humanizing’ are mutually exclusive. Name a time in history where ‘progress’ was seen as bringing people together on a human level. Even today with the vast number of social tools it’s still all digital and at times anonymous. I don’t think you can ask for and have all the digital toys you do and then decry them as ‘dehumanizing.’ With the enormous number of people, products, services, etc. out there, they simply can’t refer to you and acknowledge you as ‘Ethan’. It’s your family, you friends, and your co-workers that do that. They’re what ‘humanize’ you in the face of ‘progress.’
And the internet can’t take that away.

]]> By: ethan http://www.blackrimglasses.com/2007/09/10/i-am-my-ipod-serial-number-ym6201czszv/comment-page-1/#comment-188925 ethan Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:47:44 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2007/09/10/i-am-my-ipod-serial-number-ym6201czszv/#comment-188925 Given, but is the pocket-sized panopticon really a progressive move? Humanizing even? Given, but is the pocket-sized panopticon really a progressive move? Humanizing even?

]]> By: Trevor Nelson http://www.blackrimglasses.com/2007/09/10/i-am-my-ipod-serial-number-ym6201czszv/comment-page-1/#comment-188868 Trevor Nelson Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:59:45 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2007/09/10/i-am-my-ipod-serial-number-ym6201czszv/#comment-188868 Or, rather than view this as being reduced to a number, instead focus on the fact that this man apparently left his house without any ID and if not for his iPod and Apple's assistance he would STILL be unidentified and his family would still be wondering on his whereabouts. Granted, technology is in increasingly pervasive and dehumanizing to a point, but 20 years ago this man would have had a Walkman and this kind of identification would not have been possible. Or, rather than view this as being reduced to a number, instead focus on the fact that this man apparently left his house without any ID and if not for his iPod and Apple’s assistance he would STILL be unidentified and his family would still be wondering on his whereabouts.

Granted, technology is in increasingly pervasive and dehumanizing to a point, but 20 years ago this man would have had a Walkman and this kind of identification would not have been possible.

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