Let's see. To show everyone how up-to-date you are, you first become a "21st-Century minimalist" and get rid of all your physical possessions except for your computerized gadgets that contain everything you value in the form of digitized virtual possessions. Your life is now marvelously uncluttered, except, of course, for all your digital clutter, but you can pretend that that doesn't exist, since it's all stored out of sight in flash memories and disk drives.
With so few physical possessions you begin to carry everything you own with you and feel that you no longer need a physical home. You get rid of your house and furniture and become a "digital vagabond", never knowing where you will sleep. You enjoy your newfound freedom, but finding places to sleep and to accommodate other needs of a physical body still can be a hassle. The next step is to go for that "ultimate replacement", where you get rid of your physical body and rely on "mind uploading" to transfer your consciousness into the computers. Now you've become the ultimate "21st-Century minimalist", having digitally virtualized everything about your life. Everything, that is, except for the damn computers, which still are physical. At this point you begin to think about "how heavy use of digital devices and other technology changes how we think and behave, and how a retreat into nature might reverse those effects". You begin to think of how nice it would be to get rid of all those computers and digital gadgets, so that you could relax and unwind "outdoors and out of reach". That's it! You finally decide to go "off the computer and off the grid" by getting rid of all those physical computer gadgets. Remember, however, that you had already digitally virtualized your entire life and consciousness into the computers, so when you get rid of the computers, you cease to exist. At this point, you become the ultimate conservation minded NSS caver by disappearing and leaving "nothing but footprints" (left from your "digital vagabond" days, of course). Rod ;-) -----Original Message----- >From: Stefan Creaser <stefan.crea...@arm.com> >Sent: Aug 16, 2010 11:12 AM >To: tbsam...@verizon.net, texascavers@texascavers.com >Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Fwd: [GH2] Off the computer and off the grid > >Or just go digital… > > > >http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10928032 > > > > > >From: tbsam...@verizon.net [mailto:tbsam...@verizon.net] >Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 6:41 AM >To: texascavers@texascavers.com >Subject: [Texascavers] Fwd: [GH2] Off the computer and off the grid > > > >Ditch the high tech stuff, folks! LEDs, too. No digital cameras! > > > >T > > >Aug 15, 2010 10:46:36 PM, ghet...@two.pairlist.net wrote: > > > > > > > > August 15, 2010 > > > Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain > > > > > > By MATT RICHTEL > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/matt_richtel/index.html?inline=nyt-per> > [NY Times] > > > > > > GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Utah — Todd Braver emerges from a > tent nestled against the canyon wall. He has a slight tan, except for a slim > pale band around his wrist….. > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/technology/16brain.html?_r=1&hp> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit >our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: >texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: >texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > >-- >IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are >confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended >recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the >contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the >information in any medium. Thank you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
