Blog 5

I think that I could refrain from using technology for a long period of time, as long as I was with the people that I value most. The only reason I text is to text my boyfriend, who I don’t see all week long, but when I’m with him, I don’t use my phone at all. I get on Facebook for something to do, but if it didn’t exist it’s not like my life would collapse. I went on a cruise for 9 days and couldn’t use a phone or computer but I had more fun with my family then I could ever have browsing the web. Now I don’t know about the whole not showering thing. I couldn’t go without a shower for probably more than 3 days. I couldn’t stay in a cabin for a year by myself anyway. It would be too lonely. If I had to do this I would probably learn a lot about myself because I wouldn’t really have to do anything except sit there and think. I might find out how dependent I really am on our modern day technology, and I would probably find out things about myself that I never knew. Maybe I would reach self-actualization. 

Thoreau, Emerson, Lasn, and Anderson all have the same ideas and feelings about technology. Thoreau and Emerson are all about nature. Lasn believes that our society is doomed and we are all fixed on plentitude, consumerism, media, etc. Anderson kind of makes a far-fetched assumption of how close our society is to craziness. I hope that our culture and society never has computers built into people. There would be no point in going to school, having a job, or living if you weren’t trying to work towards a goal in life. I wouldn’t want to have all the information in my head already. I enjoy learning. All of these authors are trying to say is our society has changed so much in many ways, and is still changing. And they think for the worse.