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. . here is the paradox of the 20th century: our tools are better than we are, and grow faster than we do. They suffice to crack the atom, to command the tides. But they do not suffice for the oldest task in human history: To live on a piece of land without spoiling it. Aldo Leopold
It's Sunday afternoon and way too cold again. I'm reading your essays, feeling a bit stir crazy, and checking my devices way too often. The media fasts were provocative exercises for many of you, although I can't seem to embrace the lesson myself this afternoon. Today's NYT also has a great article here about a week long technology 'diet' (the author wisely resists the extremism of a fast). The picture below shows one man's 1925 solution to over stimulus. Why do I imagine the eyes in this helmet outfitted with Googleglass lenses? And why does it resemble my blogger profile picture?
In Leopold's passage from the famous book Sand County Almanac he connects Thoreau to Ishmael. We will dig into Ishmael's arguments on Tuesday.
. . here is the paradox of the 20th century: our tools are better than we are, and grow faster than we do. They suffice to crack the atom, to command the tides. But they do not suffice for the oldest task in human history: To live on a piece of land without spoiling it. Aldo Leopold
It's Sunday afternoon and way too cold again. I'm reading your essays, feeling a bit stir crazy, and checking my devices way too often. The media fasts were provocative exercises for many of you, although I can't seem to embrace the lesson myself this afternoon. Today's NYT also has a great article here about a week long technology 'diet' (the author wisely resists the extremism of a fast). The picture below shows one man's 1925 solution to over stimulus. Why do I imagine the eyes in this helmet outfitted with Googleglass lenses? And why does it resemble my blogger profile picture?
In Leopold's passage from the famous book Sand County Almanac he connects Thoreau to Ishmael. We will dig into Ishmael's arguments on Tuesday.
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| A tool to avoid becoming a tool of your tools. Or maybe not.... http://imgur.com/gallery/J5uqU |
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