Slowly but surely, our humanity is being drained by smartphones, apps, digital devices, intelligent appliances, and artificially \u201cintelligent\u201d agents pretending to provide us with support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once upon a time, I was given the nickname Nature Boy. At the time, I was mortified because the troglodytes who gave me that name thought it was an insult. Close to sixty years later, I hold that nickname \u2014 and my connection to the natural world \u2014 close to my heart. I still scuba dive and enjoy photographing, painting, drawing, and writing about the natural world. It\u2019s a great defense against losing our sense of who we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t get me wrong: I am not rejecting the digital world entirely. Since I was one of those bastards who spent his career implementing this pan-Gaian digital monstrosity that we now have to live in, I feel somewhat responsible for the inhuman state of our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best thing I think one can now do is keep one foot in the digital world \u2014 as a necessity for the everyday business of life \u2014 and one foot in the natural world \u2014 to make life worth living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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