Kim family's story shows limitations of new technology

Iria · Dec 17, 2006, 11:54 PM

Source: SFGate
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On Dec. 6, some Internet news sites recorded a million page views for updates within two hours of the discovery of the body of 35 year-old James Kim in an icy creek in western Oregon -- two days after rescuers reached his wife, Kati, and their daughters beside the station wagon that got stuck in snow.

Certainly there is keen suspense in all such searches and special empathy for young and attractive families at risk. But there was also a compelling question lurking behind our fascination by the Kims' plight. Just how good are our dazzling new tools at protecting or saving Us from It, the wilderness -- a word whose connotation of pristine nature is instantly superseded by images of desolation when anyone is endangered there?

Dec 17, 2006, 11:54 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Kim family's story shows limitations of new technology Source: SFGate _________ On Dec. 6, some Internet news sites recorded a million page views for updates within two hours of the discovery of the body of 35 year-old James Kim in an icy creek in western Oregon -- two days after rescuers reached his wife, Kati, and their daughters beside the station wagon that got stuck in snow. Certainly there is keen suspense in all such searches and special empathy for young and attractive families at risk. But there was also a compelling question lurking behind our fascination by the Kims' plight. Just how good are our dazzling new tools at protecting or saving Us from It, the wilderness -- a word whose connotation of pristine nature is instantly superseded by images of desolation when anyone is endangered there?