The professor mentioned an ideal assignment where he would ask the entire class go without technology for a week and journal or record their experiences, thoughts, ideas, etc. Though maybe not entirely feasible for a college student to go through this, for good reasons, I started thinking well, why not?
I mean how often do we stop and think what the hell did I do before the internet, or before my "smart phone" or before TIVO, or before Facebook even.....I mean we made it.
Does anyone know what the library is?
The telephone?
Damn, an encyclopedia (do those still even exist, I mean the actual book, not Wikipedia!!!)
A house telephone line?
Manually setting the VCR to record a tv show? ....I mean where did these basic things get away with us.
Im starting to believe that maybe it isnt a matter of whether we could do it, but is it truly possible given the various things that truly depend on the use of technology to work.
We live in age where we email teachers and classmates for questions and concerns. We'd rather text than talk. We'd rather "Google it" than visit the local library.... I just feel as we rising in our technological advances the idea of going without it will seem unreachable and scary!!
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