It's 9:30pm and just realized I've spent nearly all of the past 12 hours in front of a computer. And I do this at least five days a week. During working hours, I am required to be on this thing, typing away to be productive - at least in a way that is socially acceptable in our culture. Afterward, I come home and spend the majority of the evening surfing the web, scouring the myriad of social networking sites for what I've missed in the lives of friends and acquaintances. Is this necessary? Wouldn't I be more connected to them if I unplugged myself and picked up the phone or wrote a letter? Are we diluting ourselves to 0s and 1s in an effort to remain connected all the while losing greater touch with our immediate reality? I can't get back the time I've spent this evening finding out that someone I know baked cookies...
Is it really necessary to share with my friends that I made beer on Saturday? Should I have used that time to go riding instead of working and brewing, most of which the time was spent being sucked into the interweb?
Judging by this post, the answer is a resounding yes.
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