Over the last year my blog has morphed from just a nature blog. I spent quite a bit of my time traveling the Duwamish/Green River basin and documenting the Ruins of Longacres racetrack. Of course there was a lot of nature and crows but these series of articles focused on a new flavor which was rambling or walking with an awareness of ones surroundings. This now seems to be a lost past time due to the ever-present small screens in our hands.
This brought me to changing the tag line of Crows of Arroyos Blog from Serendipity of Life to Rambling free of Technology.
To further this point here is a blog post from a fellow blogger I admire for his insightfulness. This one is about addiction to our technology.
Parallax – The Dystopian Future Is Here: Technology Addiction & Enslavement
Some questions to ponder. Do we find ourselves feeling connected with others through our tools? or have we really just disconnected ourselves from our current environment? or is this a combination of both things. In the end it is how we balance the tool with our day-to-day life and interpersonal interactions.
A scary side to this smart phone slavery is it restricts us to a smaller world. We only receive the news or information that we want. This isolates us from many of the difficult and troubling developments in our world today. It becomes easy to dismiss others who do not have our views and burrow deeper into our personal cubby holes. No wonder we have such discord and disrespect in our world today.
My rambling along roads and rivers seems kind of simple when compared to this greater social issue. However, where ever I have roamed I found others to talk to and share my sightings. My hope is these interactions both in person and via the Crows of Arroyos are a small shining star to help break down these technology created barriers.
Here are some links to the articles mentioned above. I hope they inspire you to start rambling free yourself.
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