How sad is it that I am making this statement, typing from my home office, with a multitude of technology gadgets surrounding me? And yet, if I step outside this room, reality should tell me that the invisible wires to the outside world should still be there.
Wrong.
An hour of Internet downtime earlier, caused me plenty of stress already.
I wasn’t able to complete the webinar I was attending, my usual stream of online tasks got interrupted and I was left without a landline phone. Not to mention that due to the weather being overcast, my cellphone was not working too well either.
Think about all the invisible chains of the modern world that bound us – turning us into slaves of technology; we become clearly disoriented and blind once these very chains disappear.
“Do you guys have an ETA for the return of cable access?”
The technician’s answer to my question – 2 hours – almost made me lose my interest for the rest of the day. I almost hated myself for being so dependent work-wise to a bunch of electric signals I was not born with.
Then, I realized that sometimes it’s better to acknowledge that you’re tied, bound and chained to modern technology than to attempt to be a part of some sort of hybrid world, that offers both a regular and a technological side.
But can you live without Internet access?
I sure can’t.
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deep stuff man. i realized the other day how much i sometimes miss working with my hands. so for a break from computer work i went to my backyard and spent a couple hours rebuilding a stone wall that was in shambles falling over. whats crazy is i rent and its not my property, i just did it for the enjoyment, no compensation. what some would consider back breaking manual labor i took for pleasant down-time from those invisible chains you speak of …