Oh! For a Tech-free World ... ... ... ...
Coming from me, this article by Jay Dubashi must sound even more funny:
However, I often wonder why we can't live again in a world without:
- Mobile phones
- Emails
- Instant Messengers
- Blogs
- Second Life Avatars
- Faxes
- Aeroplanes
- Cars, bikes, scooters
- Submarines
- Computers
- Ipods
Come to think of it, not having the above will certainly make life much more relaxed.
While some of us will consider such a life dull and unexciting, such a life may bring back lots of "small things" that we've been living without for years (with a guilty feeling right through, in many cases):
- A walk in the park with one's spouse - chatting with her (and not through mobiles and laptops)
- A morning on the terrace, watching the sun rise
- A trip (by the so-called tortuous bus / train) to a distant village and a nearby forest / hill / river
- Listening to the chirping of birds
- Just sitting by the banks of a small pond and throwing small stones into the pond
- Chasing a butterfly
- Trying to pluck that flower that is just out of reach
- Writing a post card to a dear old friend (if we can figure out her / his postal address)
- Sitting under the banyan tree (if we can recall what one looks like) and gossiping with friends
- Leaning on a pillar (if we can still locate one) and reading a novel
- Sleeping till 10 am, staying awake till 3 am - preferably both on the same day
While not all of the above are within the realms of possibility, one must certainly try to think of such a life at a point of time not too far off in the future.
Regards,
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