{"id":387,"date":"2010-03-25T16:24:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T20:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=387"},"modified":"2010-03-31T20:35:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T00:35:38","slug":"invisible-chains-can-you-live-without-internet-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/invisible-chains-can-you-live-without-internet-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible chains: Can you live without Internet access?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wrong. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An hour of Internet downtime earlier, caused me plenty of stress already.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Think about all the <strong>invisible chains<\/strong> of the modern world that bound us &#8211; turning us into slaves of technology; we become clearly disoriented and blind once these very chains disappear.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Do you guys have an ETA for the return of cable access?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The technician&#8217;s answer to my question &#8211; <em>2 hours<\/em> &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I realized that sometimes it&#8217;s better to acknowledge that you&#8217;re <strong>tied, bound and chained<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p>But can you live without Internet access?<\/p>\n<p>I sure can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Want more? Follow me on twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/acroplex\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/twitter.com\/acroplex<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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