
Indeed, having a smart phone is an addiction for many of us. Those without cell or smart phones just want some peace and quite, even paying to get away from technology for a weekend. The video below dramatizes what our lives have become in the smart phone / dumb person era:
What we really need is a breath of fresh air and to do less. However, it's hard to exit the race when everyone else is caught up in the same tide. We have to come together, either to escape to technology-free weekends or to agree corporately that our sphere of work is not going to expect us to be available 24/7. And the surprising thing is, when we set limits in when we work, we actually become more productive.
Go figure. But first, stay, relax, take some time to be outdoors and remember what it's like to be a human being without touching something electronic.
* It's not actually Canada that makes me less smart; just not having a cell plan that works in Canada!
And so let us give praise
for the places
that are mapless
chartless
without direction or sign.
Let us give thanks
for all they call forth:
for the questions
they require,
for the imagination
they summon,
for the path
they make
through the territory
of the heart.