November 24, 2012
The November 24, 2012 broadcast is one of Dr. Dave and Evil Steve's fullest discussions of what technology is for. Dr. Dave explains how Computer Talk changed from persuading reluctant people to adopt computers into a kind of high-tech intervention that sometimes asks people to back away from the display. They distinguish messages and social-media connections from relationships built on trust, dialogue and presence. Dr. Dave argues that people need physical, intellectual and spiritual dimensions of life, and that a virtual view of a child's performance should not become an excuse to stop being there. An anonymous office worker worried about money, time and children leads him to put the human impact ahead of bits and bytes, while Black Friday becomes a plain reminder that life is time and every purchase line is also a choice about how to spend it.
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8 parts, 95:08 total. All preserved transcript parts in this selection have been reviewed for content and sequence. The archive includes show breaks; this is not a verified uninterrupted recording. The air date remains proposed.
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Regular show: hour recordings
2 recordings · 106:06 total within this version.
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Regular show: segments
8 recordings · 95:08 total within this version.
Numbered positions are present in sequence. This alone does not prove the show is complete.