Scary commercial

Has anyone else seen the new Motorola Razr that refers to the phone being more 'self aware'?  Here it is if you haven't.  Okay, show of hands, who else does that freak out?  Hopefully anyone that has seen any of the Terminator movies had their hands shoot up in the air before they realized what was going on. 

Maybe it is because I just watched Terminator Salvation the other day, but seriously it's freaky that Motorola would advertise their phone like that.  And maybe they want it to be as a sort of wink at the movie series.  With that said, technology is slowly taking over the world and everyone knows it.  Think about all the electronics you carry with you on a daily basis.  Cell phone.  Ipod or Ipad.  Laptop for work maybe?  Everyone at one point or another has said something close to the following:  'I don't know what I would do if I didn't have my *fill in the blank*.' 

It's so nice to have a phone with you at all times and be connected twenty four hours a day if need be, but how long can you go without your cell phone?  It's always nice to disconnect from the world but it is awfully difficult to do so for long periods of time because we have become so use to having instant communication whenever it is needed.

So maybe the machines haven't risen against us (yet), but they control our lives more than some would like to admit.  I have no problem admitting that.  I actively check Facebook during the day.  I'm on Twitter (@Litzner).  I just recently got a smart phone (I held out as long as I could).  And obviously, there's My Own Manifesto.  Everyone needs to disconnect every once in a while.




And if you can't, just sit tight, John Conner is on his way to save you.