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myGadget: Eddy Susanto: Weathering the digital storm
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Yogyakarta-based artist Eddy Susanto always keeps up to date with the latest developments in technology, but refuses to be called a gadget freak.
'I'm always curious about what the latest technology has to offer, especially smartphones. I have changed my phone several times, because I want to test their performance,' he said.
For Eddy, the evolution of technology has made life easier, but it is not the end of the world if he doesn't get the newest gadget.
He once tried to live without a smartphone because he wanted to know what it felt like. 'I survived for one year.'
Eddy, 40, while recognizing the benefits that technology can bring, thinks it can also make people lazy.
'There's an assumption that the development of technology does not go hand-in hand with the development of human morality.'
'Many people know about many things today, but only a few actually understand them. Most people don't bother to delve deeper than the surface to find out more,' he said.
'Technology is good, but it also has bad side; we must know how to hold on in the middle of digital bombardment,' Eddy said.
Eddy, who studied graphic design at the Fine Art Institute (ISI) Yogyakarta, recently held his fifth solo exhibition, entitled 'JavaScript', at the National Gallery in Central Jakarta.
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Self-assembled PC
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Applications and software
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Asus Zenfone 2
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