Gadgets acupuncture our bodies, command our glands, and alter our consciousness.   

In 1969, W.H. Auden noted the excitment of moon landing thus: “It’s natural the Boys should whoop it up for so huge a phallic triumph… We were always adroiter with objects than lives.”

In 2007, Wired magazine has another set of observations (in its jargon watch) –

(Expired) Blackberry Thumb
(Tired) Guitar Hero Wrist
(Wired) Wii Elbow

Which would be the first machine to wear out our toes and erode our souls?

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