Lincoln: I kept with me on my person at all times a piece of paper that asked the question "What do cell phones mean?" And every time I came up with any thought on the subject I would write it down on my piece of paper. Mostly what I made on that piece of paper was a list of pros and cons. And the list of cons is large. I just got my first cellular telephone about two months ago. I have been opposed to the idea of them. And my list proved why. Another disadvantage I wrote down rather quickly was the question "Why do we need them?" I mean we humans functioned as a race without the use of cell phones for centuries with no problems at all. We mapped the world without cell phones. We organized and scheduled complex systems like a major league baseball season without the use of cell phones. We went to the moon without cell phones. So, why do we need them? To make the world more immediate and accessible? I suppose. I have a lot of actor friends who say that they need their cell phone, because if their agent calls and wants them to go into an audition or whatever, they need to be available right now or else somebody else gets the part. Handy, right? Sure, but that has only become the case recently since the popularity of the cell phone. Sparticus was cast without any cell phones. Maybe this cell phone society where everybody is easily accessible and ever available isn't desirable. Maybe. I like to kick back and relax every chance I get. And this cell phone society has almost completely robbed us of that ability. (the flip into pointlessness, the techne for its own sake)