After reading "The Joy of Quiet," by Pico Iyer it made me really think about how as indivuiduals we have gone from loving the fast-paced world of receiving information to unconciously hating it. The article dicusses what people need to do in order to be able to keep sane in this second-by-second world. Without knowing, people are taking in enourmous amounts of information in a day with spending only seconds on each piece. Not only is the information being processed too quickly, but also with distrations while processing it (i.e. e-mails, text messages).
One way to help people with processing more with less is a new device called Freedom. This device allows for a user to turn off their internet service for hours at a time. According to Iyer, having this freedom to relax helps the overall achievement with processing the information that one takes in. Another technique is visiting a "Black Hole Resort." This type of resort allows a person to come stay at the resort and leave all of the technolgy behind. There is no service for cell phones or the internet and it allows for complete "stillness," as Iyer states. For mankind to slow down before it's too fast for its own good, everyone would benefit from one of these two new relaxing techniques.
No comments:
Post a Comment