Why do some people not care about how things work? I've never really understood how people can just go living life without really thinking about how things work and how they came to be. It seems as though we all take things for granted until we don't have them. For example, I live in an area that is prone to hurricanes and severe rainstorms. Our electricity goes out more than we would like it to. Its amazing how many things use electricity. No air conditioner, no fans, no tv, no internet, no dvd player, no garage door opener. There are so many uses for electricity, we don't really think about what goes into getting electricity to our homes. We don't think about the people who service those poles that keeps electricity flowing. We don't think about the electrical engineers who design the power grid. We don't think about transistors and how they actually work and control electricity.
Another good example. I was asking a guy at RIM how BlackBerry Messenger works in light of the recent bans across Middle-Eastern countries. I wanted to know how you could add someone via PIN and yet also via smtp address. Did it use some sort of mail client? Does RIM keep some sort of database that has all of our device PIN and associated email addresses? Unnerving. I didn't get all the answers I wanted but I wonder why more people don't wonder.
I wonder...
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