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Before the iPod, Before the Walkman, There Was the Mikiphone

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16 pointsshawndumas8 comments

Call it bread and circuses but when people complain about the ever growing "wealth gap", I can't help but feel rich anyway.

I've got a music player that stores all my music in my pocket. It also happens to be a global communicator right out of the sic-fi I loved as a kid. All the money in the world couldn't have bought half so much in 1924.

If I have to suffer Steve Jobs flying around on his personal jet and tearing down his mansion to build a better one to have this, let it be. Or should I say "make it so"?

Everythings Amazing & Nobodys Happy[1]

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[1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk

It's the hedonic treadmill:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill

why should things being technologically amazing mean we ought to be happy?

Do you like music? [Let's say you said, "yes"] So, music makes you happy. [Again, let's say you said, "yes"] Having technology that allowed you to have all for your music with you all of the time would make for more happiness.

There isn't an argument for the general case in what you've said.

Do you like sugary / high calorie foods? [Let's say your ancestors evolved in an environment without high concentration sources of energy, "yes"] So, sugary / high calorie foods make you happy.

But technological advances making such foods widely available have made you obese, suffer from disease, etc. You really do enjoy your 2 liters of coke a day, but over all your quality of life has diminished.

etc.

access !== abuse

Does anybody know what record is played in the video? More specifically, what track?

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Edit: Found it on the actual YouTube video page, in case anyone else is wondering.

Track: Ain't Misbehavin'

Performed by: Quintette of the Hot Club of France

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