As part of an interview in connection with pbss upcoming airing of Independent Lens DIRT! The Movie in April, Jamie Lee Curtis shares a story with frontlines Digital Nation about going “off the juice” – without digital tools – and reconnecting as a family. FRONTLINE “Digital Nation” is a multiplatform project exploring what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world. Watch the TV documentary now online at www.pbs.org In a unique collaboration with the public that began on the “Digital Nation” Web site, award-winning producer Rachel Dretzin and commentator Douglas Rushkoff probe how digital technology is changing nearly every aspect of modern culture, from the ways we think and learn to the ways in which we socialize, work and even conduct war. Is it possible to multitask well? Is too much digital media bad for young brains? Should we fight wars by remote control? What are the real-world effects of immersion in virtual worlds? Watch online beginning and share your story of life in the digital age at www.pbs.org . FRONTLINE is produced by WGBH Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by The John D. and Catherine T. macarthur Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Park Foundation. “Digital Nation” is brought to you by the Verizon Foundation.
Haha, the “juice”. . . I thought you were talking about OJ Simpson.
It’s so good about it! Just imagine all the arrest on how we are powerless
Does this mean Jamie Lee wants to get off the juice; BTW. . . . toilet flush your water is still w / o electricity. Just find a way to fill the storage tank.
@CaptPoco hahahahahahahahhaahahaha talking about OJ I don’t think so.
lmao. . . . When Hurricane Wilma hit my house, I lost power for 2 weeks. I’ve always loved books but I had never read much in a period of 2 weeks. . . lol and when power is restored, it was just as he touched a computer, e-mail checked, ordered food, and games started. . . lol
Perhaps his own did not. . As if it was used a system of electrical pumping water from wells. . In this case you can not.
@ Kaldrich2 – said the water should not melt heating (electric), could not melt water in the toilet. I would have no problem in the way of life that live several million on energy is not a time. I would like to see that “hut”
Too bad I hated always spending time with my family. “We were there, the 4 of us Mac Laptops”
Hm. . The Apple SOOO minute things like this and iJustine and so on. . Of course, I respect that even an actress (and other entities Dig Nat) Making music is nothing mal.Mais Apple is not the whole freakin ‘Internet.
Good for you, Jamie, to make good use of a blackout to reconnect with your family. And good idea to have regular “no juice” each day so often. This will be an excellent model for your children to learn.
A shame the people of knowledge in technology that do not include the culture of online gaming seems to miss the atmosphere of community technology. He is still there, but in another form, and play computer games with friends and family about equivalent to a card or board game, albeit with less deception and control, which is always fun.
Okay then. Why do not you go back to the Stone Age?
@ Senakujin agree are valid for online games, online games are especialy strong development of networking skills, but this is not the same face to face meeting. you lose the subtleties of expression and digital communication. I also think that this whole debate is missing the point of his speech. speech was about how technology is changing the way they act instead of saying something negative specifically for online play.
There was nothing specific against him, Heck really enjoy as an actor. In retrospect, should probably my argument rooted in the local co-op console games like the new Mario or anything with local multilayer. I have nothing against nature either, I camp a lot, it is clear that this argument is always that if the “get out!” or “games / TECH you into a zombie” likely to do, but to generalize the argument to say, a dose of technology.
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