Social Psychosis
I’m no Luddite, but the fervor over the new iPhone is making me a little fearful.
Numerous people with whom I have casual contact feel absolutely no shame in announcing their unbridled excitement over the prospect of getting a new one, to upgrade their barely-a-year-old models. These aren’t people who I normally associate with techno-lust. My dept head… an artist friend … a college student … etc.
I’d say this is a true psychosis, but then the pharmaceutical companies would have to come in and “fix” the problem.
Furthermore, what’s the obsession with the white model? I’ve also seen various crying faces reacting to the unavailability of the white model for pre-order. 
Oh, humanity. You do make me fearful. Constantly.
p.s. This commencement speech [the link takes you to an archived version of a transcript] from David Foster Wallace in 2005 makes a good case for searching for some ground in the midst of ridiculousness and tragedy, notwithstanding his 2008 suicide … Perhaps bloggers already knew this?
