Sometimes technology can make our lives simpler: I like my dishwasher. But how do we avoid being the tools of our tools?
This blog examines the modern world through the lens of Thoreau's famous experiment at Walden Pond to live an intentional life while navigating the challenges of modern technology and society. Pwned is a gaming term that is a corruption of the word "owned." To pwn someone or something is to dominate it. Walden Pwned is a collection of my writings and reflections on the tension between technology and society, and how we use technology or are used by it.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
On Solitude and Technology
What does modern solitude look like? In an era of the buzzing cell phone does refraining from picking it up when it rings count? Or do you need to unplug completely?
Sometimes technology can make our lives simpler: I like my dishwasher. But how do we avoid being the tools of our tools?
Sometimes technology can make our lives simpler: I like my dishwasher. But how do we avoid being the tools of our tools?
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