December 11, 2014

"You need to put the technology away, we're going outside. You're going to look at some trees."

10 comments:

Ignorance is Bliss said...

But I can do a Google image search on trees right here at my computer. If I go outside I have to worry about hard, pointy rocks!

Known Unknown said...

Son and friends have a 'survival camp' in the woods.

Anytime he wants to go, he's allowed to, at least by me. Gets him off the iPhone for awhile. Wife gets nervous because it's in the middle of the woods.

However, if you drive two neighborhoods down, on an adjacent road you can actually "see" the survival camp from the houses (McMansions) in that neighborhood.

I think he'll live.

Tibore said...

Even we IT geeks joke about not getting enough sun... but where does this whole social meme about technology being in contrast to nature come from? I'm telling you, whenever I'm either shore fishing our local reservoir or running around it's associated state forest, my smartphone's GPS and digital camera make the experience better.

Technology doesn't have to stand in contradiction to nature. It can be complimentary, especially a simple thing like a GPS unit. Seriously, those things help a TON.

rehajm said...

When you bring a class of kids outside to learn, ADD wins.

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Anonymous said...

I love hiking in remote areas. Beyond the beauty, I enjoy the feeling of expansion. Generally I am so tightly focused that outdoor activities give my mind (and eyesight) a much needed opportunity to go into panoramic landscape mode.

Rocketeer said...

I have a number of arguments against going outside, so it's easy for me to adopt one more: I can experience it all via technology.

To see a thing - such as a tree for instance - as a "tourist" is, somehow, to dispense with it.

I guess what I'm saying is...I think this deserves the "travel" tag.

Ann Althouse said...

By the way, I loved the interior design of the room with the fireplace.

I also liked the advice about stopping and sitting/standing in one place for 20 minutes. The tendency is, when out in the woods, to keep tramping along.

jr565 said...

I'd be afraid of ticks. Lyme disease is a bitch.

jr565 said...

We just got a house in the country with a wooded back yard. I'm afraid to go exploring as I saw deer running around. And there are a lot of trees with branches that could fall on my head. But I do enjoy the quietness.