Stupid and superficial is very relative and means very different things to different people.
Facebook, Amazon, iTunes, iPads etc etc... all very stupid and superficial when you don't know where your next meal is coming from. But the West will happily preach on to the less developed nations to use inefficient methods of power generation which are still very expensive tech when they themselves have not been able to solve the problems associated with cheaply mass producing power using that same technology.
It's going to be interesting to see how all these technology develops, no doubt at least some of it will filter done to mass produced consumer goods. Hopefully some of the profits will go towards helping the poorer nations develop their tech.
Facebook, Amazon, iTunes, iPads etc etc... all very stupid and superficial when you don't know where your next meal is coming from. But the West will happily preach on to the less developed nations to use inefficient methods of power generation which are still very expensive tech when they themselves have not been able to solve the problems associated with cheaply mass producing power using that same technology.
It's going to be interesting to see how all these technology develops, no doubt at least some of it will filter done to mass produced consumer goods. Hopefully some of the profits will go towards helping the poorer nations develop their tech.