Is this technology too disruptive?

摘要

First people shouted into cellphones and wrecked the tranquillity of solitary spots and the peace of bus rides. Then came jump-out -of-your-skin polyphonic ringtones, followed by endless music played through the phones' tinny speakers.rnPeople can now make music together just by waving their phones around (see page 26). Shaking one taps out a drum rhythm, while brandishing a second plays guitar and yet another a bass line. A wireless "conductor" turns their gestures into something tuneful. Fuddy-duddies will moan that this is yet more disruption. But surely anything that pops the self-absorbed cellphone bubble so that people can come together to make music is to be welcomed. Whether it will be beautiful is another question.