[kictanet] It's the season of the animal migration in the mara, how many knew?

Wed Jul 20 13:30:26 EAT 2011

Aki - like I said, I am just playing the devil's advocate...oft I think what
technology has done to what were WHOLESOME things....take an example of our
reading culture...(on that note I buy more books than gadgets for my
kids)...ask any kid today if they have read or even heard of Huck Finn and
Tom Sawyer, or Famous Five, or King Solomon's Mines...(aside from what they
learn at school) ....however they will tell which characters Ben 10 can
morph into.   Meanwhile in the brain synapses are getting wired poorly
thanks to such stimuli and lack of "exercise".

When we think of how we are getting socialised these days vis a vis 15 years
ago....we courted our spouses at the cinema, walked in the parks, hired a
movie to watch at home....now?  We poke and super poke, friend and unfriend,
we tweet about our Friday shenanigans, we bare it all on facebook, etc etc -
I think humanity has lost more than it gained from social networking.

What next? Humanoid wives with zero nagging features to make men happy?  Or
zero grazing android high fidelity husbands that will not wander away from
the "pasture" and make women happy - I'd say that's more innovative than
getting a few more eyeballs to see crocs make a quick meal out of
 wildebeest.

All I am saying is, lets not treat every problem like a nail and technology
as the hammer  - lets leave unsullied some experiences.

On 19 July 2011 17:24, aki <aki275 at gmail.com> wrote:

> @Francis, your crocodile grin comment........  :-)))
>
> Pls find the comments inline below.
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> If I may play devil's advocate:
>> 1 - What would streaming  live by webcam do to the local communities (incl
>> the tour companies, drivers, waiters, hoteliers, curio shops, etc) that rely
>> on REAL LIVE visitors visiting the Mara to bring them income?
>>
>
>
> *For a start,  how would you paint a picture of the Mara to a guest who is
> interested?  Suppose visitors searched on the Web as a global search
> resource and needed a peek into what this Mara thing is, what would they
> see?  What about those who already visited and have an attachment to Kenya
> to return, is there no motivation for them? Putting the frame by frame
> stream online ( not real time streaming ) creates more searchable interest.
> Now unless some Massai fellows spear the ip web cams........ :-)*
> **
> *Seriously, when we think of National Geograhic narating the event and we
> can watch the entire process of crocs lying in wait to jump the animals, all
> this is happening on the TV in the comfort of our homes. Then why
> do tourists still come and watch the event? They must be crazy to come and
> watch something that is also available on DVD. Then there are also Zoos in
> other countries so why bother to come to Kenya?*
> **
>
>
>> 2 - What will it do to the REAL EXPERIENCE of waiting and waiting for the
>> stampede to start (which in turns means longer occupancy/stays/etc)?   I
>> think its like shooting a fish in a barrel - no fun at all - esp for the
>> communities that stand to benefit.   The tech savvy will simply monitor the
>> herds and once they start moving, airlift visitors to the site - I think it
>> kills the suspense and sense of expectancy (ergo diminishes the experience).
>>
>
>
> *Actually the beauty of the system is to create that interest and an alert
> of events taking place, therefore while the airlift goes on which is at
> least 6-15 hours away the herds have changed "mood". Nature is
> unpredicatble, so no tech algorithm can compute it. Either way, the stay is
> not affected, unless the animals somehow develop an intelligence or phobia.
> *
>
>
>
>
>> 3 - Should we always leverage technology no matter what?  Technology for
>> technologies sake?
>>
>
>
> *This explains why we are where we are, so I suppose you will not mind
> travelling to the Mara in a donkey pulled cart? I mean, who really cares
> about 4 wheel drives, traction control, winches and tow ropes, extra fuel
> tanks, water and all that planning that goes into trips. Please try and make
> a trip to the Mara around the rainy season, you will get a first hand idea
> of why the donkey cart would be too dangerious when the animals have little
> ones they protect. If you thought the Lion is known as the King in a joking
> manner, please drive near to it. 99% of all animals will move away, not this
> animal. *
> **
> *You should look at the vision of the why we need to do this, putting the
> Mara Online will mean many things from camps locations to gps co-ordinates
> for navigation, the sky is the limit on this. We can make it whatever we
> want for those who are interested in kenya as a tourist destination. :-)*
>
> My thots.
>
> Rgds.
>
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