On Techno savviness
Today, we are all techno savvy. A child of three can use a camera phone. By five, they can focus, defocus, apply filters and create a wedding photoshoot. And you can see the evidence. At the next wedding, you will see that amidst the few, professional photographers is a bevy of people young and old - but watch out for the youngest.
The fact that we consider ourselves techno savvy in using a device that is designed to be easy to use for the lowest common denominator tells us a lot about ourself on how low the human race has plunged. Not for a moment do I say that the child is unintelligent, but that the child (or all of us) are capable of way beyond using a mere tool in our hands that actually requires very little real skill.
We live on planet earth. The sun rises and sets each day. As does the moon. But look up and you will see so much more in the night sky. You will see more in the day sky - but I will let that pass for now. The night sky has stars, planets, constellations and other objects visible to the naked eye. Of course, you will have to leave the bright lights of the city to be actually able to see anything in the night sky of note other than the brightest objects.
But today, someone is 3 or 5 or even 45 cannot identify more than a few objects in the night sky. And someone who can do that and not use a phone camera is considered to be less techno savvy. My uncle knows the names of stars, trees, herbs, roots and bushes and their uses for various ailments. And in the pursuit of techno-savviness, we have lost earthy wisdom...
(An attempt to write something else. An experiment)
The fact that we consider ourselves techno savvy in using a device that is designed to be easy to use for the lowest common denominator tells us a lot about ourself on how low the human race has plunged. Not for a moment do I say that the child is unintelligent, but that the child (or all of us) are capable of way beyond using a mere tool in our hands that actually requires very little real skill.
We live on planet earth. The sun rises and sets each day. As does the moon. But look up and you will see so much more in the night sky. You will see more in the day sky - but I will let that pass for now. The night sky has stars, planets, constellations and other objects visible to the naked eye. Of course, you will have to leave the bright lights of the city to be actually able to see anything in the night sky of note other than the brightest objects.
But today, someone is 3 or 5 or even 45 cannot identify more than a few objects in the night sky. And someone who can do that and not use a phone camera is considered to be less techno savvy. My uncle knows the names of stars, trees, herbs, roots and bushes and their uses for various ailments. And in the pursuit of techno-savviness, we have lost earthy wisdom...
(An attempt to write something else. An experiment)
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