Faster than a click

I just read an article that said that it is estimated that by the end of 2009, two years from now, that broadband speeds of up to 100mbps up / 50mbps down will be available.

So here's what that would mean.
If your average download speed was your full potential, unlikely but possible then:
2 hour xvid or avi movie - 7.5 seconds
2 hour HD DVD - 44 seconds
2 hour Blu - Ray DVD - 88 seconds
Any game you can think of - less than a minute for most

4 minute song - 0 seconds
1 album with 15 songs - 0.5 seconds


I do think this is awesome but very scary at the same time. I love technology but at the same time it seems that my very life is dependent on it.
I don't want to be dependent on anything. Except for food and water.
If my internet connection dies for 5 mins i start to hyperventilate.
Its so silly. I want to be free of all these things but I never allow myself to.
I get so wrapped up in technology sometimes that when I stop and think about it, I just have to laugh at myself. And at the society this technology has created. Everything has to become more efficient, including the people.
If your not speeding us up then your slowing us down.

Somehow a balance needs to be found between technology and society. It needs to be the tool and not the master.