Yelp (With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg)

[andresyoda]

From Colombia

it is a excellent video, you are right , we live in a infoesphere , i forget the real world

Desde Colomiba, es una excelente video, tienes razon , vivimos en una infoesfera, y olvidamos el mundo real

[ensignz]

Wow this is a great vid

[JenMayHug]

whats this song?

[andresyoda]

@JenMayHug

this song it is carmina burana of Carl off

[wildshovel]

@ishikawa92, @ Arm4g3dd0nX - I think the big problem is opportunity cost.

On your deathbed, with just minutes left to live, will you be thinking "gosh, if had only spent more time online"?

I unplugged for the suggested 24 hours. It was surprisingly difficult. That said, I got my butt outside, exercised, got some chores done, and later got up with friends at a local music club. Next day, finished composing a song, and then called a bunch of family that I haven't talked to in a while.

[Arm4g3dd0nX]

So your argument is that the occasional period of time without using the internet leads to a more enriching set of events.

I do not feel that that can be said on average, however. People that do not frequently use the internet, find themselves watching reruns on television. People that are adverse to electronic entertainment, find themselves reading the same mediocre books they already have.

I argue that any form of "entertainment" can become an escape rather than a moment of living.

[wildshovel]

Your argument that people who "do not frequently use the internet find themselves either watching reruns on television" or "reading the same mediocre books they already have" is overstated.

With possible exception of a shut-in lacking access to both a tv remote control and library card, it is difficult to imagine anyone who's choices in life are that severely limited.

(Yikes, I do hope this doesn't describe your situation. If it does, then please accept my sincerest apologies.)

[Arm4g3dd0nX]

I'm glad it does not. But I have coworkers that are exactly that way. It's depressing to see. It's like the highlight of their life... is work.  O_o

[ropesack]

excellent work. this is why im not on facebook.

[ishikawa92]

This video is really pointless

[scotty7]

pointlessness and overused music

[Arm4g3dd0nX]

What exactly is the problem with technology?

[voiceovervoice]

well, to put it kriptikally, but simply:

ese!! eh, eh . . . la tecnologia,

chupa LO GRANDE!

quite simply!

[bacontree333]

hahahaha... no

I'll keep using my stuff thank you very much

[donparamon]

Unplug? Friday Sunset to Saturday Sunset? It's a good Idea. My people have been doing it for thousands of years, every week. It works, trust me, and it feels good.

[RabbiOomlaut]

I am totally wired! But decided a few years ago to completely unplug on Shabbat. Some weeks it is a gift. Some weeks, to be honest, it is a struggle.

What a vivid way to get across the idea.

And it's "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana."

[SchwarzmerClan]

well done! Kol HaKovod for this brilliant outreach.

[LACESPLACE]

Im with you going to spend the day in nature :)

[ElvisWoods]

The use of vintage footage reminded me of Adam Curtis (Century of Self, Power of Nightmares)...this looks like it will be very interesting...will definitely watch when the film is released. Thanks

[lifeliked]

1:54 one person didnt raise their hand ? i wonder what the question was.

[ttrumble]

Fracking brilliant. As a Ginsburg fan in an online world I appreciate the message and the delivery.

[wentworthmiller]

I'm sorry, what is the name of the soundtrack please?

[marthamcc]

@wentworthmiller The music is "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana.

[EpsilonVector]

Blah blah blah

[haggidubious]

I'm unsure whether Ginsberg would accept the apology. Probably. Although the message here is stunningly unclear.

[2shred]

tools, are tools. It's all in how you use them. Use your brain, whatever you do, whereever you do it. Feel free to keep tweeting, but tweet to me from the forest, enjoying mother nature or music, in the present :) I'll do the same.

[SirAlexNewton]

Really quite ridiculous. The internet and social networking are great ways of obtaining large amounts of information that can supplement your life in any endeavor you may choose,and to think that just because we have changed from spending our time working outside to being able to do a lot of it in the comfort of our own homes while still being able to experience life just as much as we like is stupid.

[ElvisWoods]

Sir Alex,

What I find stupid is a sentence the length of a paragraph.

[SirAlexNewton]

@ElvisWoods Sorry I typed a long sentence.

[realmaniac]

[ ] will unplug

[EnricCirne]

Unplug -- not.