From Wired. The practice of taking an intentional break from technology and civilization is probably as old as technology and civilization. But it seems increasingly urgent now, in an era when the Internet—and thus most of the planet—is as close as an iPhone. We go to seek waldeinsamkeit, as the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson described it—the feeling of being alone in the woods.
via Can’t Get Away From It All? The Problem Isn’t Technology — It’s You | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.
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