Carrier Lemmings

This article amused me because I find that there are two types of people: those who are consolidating into Treos and whatnot, and those who are just discovering the joy of gadgets like iPods and Crackberries and cell phones and the like.

Interesting angle with the whole "dispens[ing] with sources of shared stability" idea.

Washington Post: Why do we carry so much around?:
Burdens of the Modern Beast

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It’s the perfect posture for the Age of Insecurity. We fret about our jobs, families, country, manhood or womanhood, ability to be a good parent. We believe someone is out to get us. And to get our things. So, like the homeless, we carry our stuff with us. Just in case something, or anything, happens.

After all, one must be prepared for any eventuality. Just ask any woman with a purse big enough to carry herself in.