Beautiful poem!
If we find
we can’t do that,
something then
must drastically change,
Easier said than done, when our illusions of reality seem to show us that we cannot live without a cell phone and computer.
the energy we feel
from the person
across the table,
in the micro-
expressions of friends,
the slightest twitch
of an eyelid,
the purposeful pause,
or a sarcastic smile,
I feel more alive when I am in the company of others, or in nature, than I do when I am glued to my screen. Something about these screens, this light, or the radiation, is addictive.
Thank you @owasco. At this point in our connected world getting rid of all electronics would be very difficult for me but I can choose how I interact with it -- personalize notifications, limit usage, download only necessary apps, etc.
I very much agree! I feel more alive/positive when I'm in the right company but can feel lonely/negative in the wrong company. I almost every aspect of these devices have been designed to make us dependent on them. It's quite a conundrum.
I'm especially ticked off about needing a smart phone for 2FA verifications. I have several landlines, so anyone can get in touch with me fairly easily. No app is necessary for me. I refuse to use GPS unless I am completely lost, and even then, I will consult a map before I turn on my phone. If it weren't for 2FA and the like, I could ditch that device. The computer is easy to hardwire, but still addictive.
It's definitely frustrating. I switched phones once without knowing how to transfer the 2FA. If I would've wiped the old phone I would have lost access to a whole lot of crypto right after I left my job. I easily lost a few years of my life in that instance.
Now that I have this Tesla I'm more tech reliant than ever. Certain aspects of it are incredible and some give me the creeps. I think about how having all of this tech do so much of the mental heavy-lifting is changing our brains. It's, without a doubt convenient, but that convenience comes with a huge cost that we don't even fully realize the ramifications of yet.