Ramblings of a Connected Mind

In the Eternal Sunshine of Pervasive Technology -- Is it sometime in the past? Log cabins, hogans, thatched roofs? A slower pace of life? I feel a wistful longing. Is it someplace in the present? Rural Pennsyvlania, Amish country? Remote Northern Frontier District of Kenya? The Gobi Desert? The West Coast of Sumatra? The Long Trail? A slower pace of life. I feel a wistful longing.

Or is it sometime in the future? Pervasive connectivity, where family, friends, colleagues can reach you wherever you are, whatever you are doing. Where you can easily let the world know not to disturb you except in an emergency, and they respect your personal space.

Ever-expanding and limitless information available to you on any topic at any time, in any place, be it the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the top of a mountain, in a restaurant, working the fields, riding the bike paths. A smoother pace of life, flexible boundaries. I feel a wistful longing, a hopeful anticipation...never again disconnected, lost, and afraid. It's that last connection, the "on ramp" to the information and communications superhighway, that is so liberating when it is wireless, so confining when it is not. Maybe wireless connectivity is like world peace ... already here, all around us: so many just don't seem to realize it, yet, and continue to struggle. Maybe we only think we need technology, but it has nothing to do with technology; but it has everything to do with interconnectedness. Face-to-face gatherings are, after all, wireless.

Think about it. Talk about it. These are profound changes all around us, full of potential, rocking our world. Enjoy the ride! -- Linda Glenn