(August 3, 2015 at 6:12 pm)Dystopia Wrote:(August 3, 2015 at 5:54 pm)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: Sounds like where I want to be as well. That's good that you had fun. Did you remain completely electronic-free? No cell phone, no internet, no laptop? Lanterns and electric stoves are ok
Yes, smartphone only to call my mom once or twice a day. I charged it about every 2.5 days.
That's still really good. I enjoy my laptop, but when I get away from anything, I was always think, "Yeah, I could easily live without that stuff." Then, I come back to the boring same ol' same ol', and it's back to the movies and the internet.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
