I, Pod
My brother sends me the NYT article about the telepsthic iPod and its magic shuffle function, and it absolutely surprises me how are we willing to anthropomorphize technology. In every other time in history, people would be either burning or making temples to it. Right now, we have Columbia MBA students just assigning it magical properties.
I blame the minds ability to create and identify patterns where there are none, and the incredible ability we have for selectively remember the instances that agree with that pattern. It is just an evolutionary trait.
Machines are just machines, people!
What next, iPod for President?