I was thinking today how lucky I am to live in the computer age. When I was a little kid, I remember hating the pioneer village places we went on school trips and with parents. Life in pioneer days seemed boring, stinky, hot and unpleasant. A lot of people rave about “simpler times” and regret that they don’t live in them. Not me. Give me a cell phone, digital camera and computer any day. If I lived in the past, I wouldn’t have discovered that I’m good with computers. I wouldn’t have tried too much photography because film would have been too expensive for experimentation. I never would have learned to write music (I did that on a computer too). My circle of friends would look much different too, and it would be much more difficult to stay in touch with them. I’d probably live a boring life in a job I hated, and I’d never know why I was unhappy. I do enjoy getting away from things once in a while, going total wilderness camping deep in Algonquin park. I love the quiet balance of nature. I also like challenging myself to survive without the comforts of home. All of this makes me all the more happy to get reconnected when I return.
What’s your relationship with technology?
but but….u don’t wanna live without technology because u know how it feels to have it…ppl back then simply had no choice and found other ways of entertainment and communication…i agree that i honestly cant imagine my life without computers, cell phones and other stuff right now…but if u didn’t have any of that…u would’ve simply had a different life..not necessarily a bad one… 🙂
hmmm….I was always bored when I was younger. I mean, I drew a LOT and read a LOT about art and history and such. I just didn’t have anyone else I could talk to about it. But, when we had that blackout last year, I was pretty much going nuts. I can do without a cell phone, a laptop or a personal organizer … but I need my PC … oh, and AC for those HOT HUMID days.
duuude you realize what you’re doing?
You’re asking a question like this in a freaking online weblog, see what I mean?
If we’re addicted enough to comment on your blog every day, you would think technology plays an importnat part in our lives.
the whole no technology thing doesn’t work for me. I mean the maximum I can do is… a picnic? well okay, maybe a picnic with a fire and a sleepover?
My minimum technology requirement would be availability of a hot shower, I think 🙂
I wonder if the development is gonna go same speed. I mean there’s such a huuge difference between how things were done 100 years ago. hell, even 30 years ago. Is the next generation going to think we’re totaly technology illiterate?
crap and extra long comment again
sorry!
i live for the long comments! 🙂 and i’m sure the next generation will think we came from the stone age. and manyk, i actually enjoyed the blackout! it was a beautiful night, and it was cool to see people reconnecting with each other again. it might have been a different story if the blackout happened in the dead of winter. and maha… yeah i’m sure i would have found other things to do, but i’m not sure if i would have ever found fulfilment from them…
i am 100% sure you would have found other things and found fullfillment in them.
people live with the times.
in 100 years people will go at our technology and go “omg, how could have they had not 3d desktops and virtual reality conversations!”
you know.
i’m sure you, and i, having been born outside of technology would be perfectly fullfilled.
you can’t need something if you never tried it.