Comments on: Tribe, Trusted, and True http://www.gypsybandito.com/tribe-trusted-and-true/ The wandering thoughts of a digital nomad... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Music to my eyes « a day in the week http://www.gypsybandito.com/tribe-trusted-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-18616 Music to my eyes « a day in the week Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:31:25 +0000 http://www.gypsybandito.com/?p=1816#comment-18616 [...] and bake a sheet of cookies with her. But before I go, I suggest you go read gypsy bandito’s latest post – which is the indirect reason why I broke my rule about weekend posting [...] [...] and bake a sheet of cookies with her. But before I go, I suggest you go read gypsy bandito’s latest post – which is the indirect reason why I broke my rule about weekend posting [...]

]]> By: Annabelle http://www.gypsybandito.com/tribe-trusted-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-18615 Annabelle Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:45:05 +0000 http://www.gypsybandito.com/?p=1816#comment-18615 Wow - thanks for the great article (& the links - everyone should read that Atlantic Monthly article). There isn't a perfectly parceled point in my feedback - I like where your article has brought my brain this morning. Here's where it's brought me... I'm of two minds: I resist tools that make us more efficient (cell phone, car, dishwasher), until I realize that this type of stubborn refusal ends up getting in the way of something I COULD be doing rather than taking pleasure in the slow processes involved in what I am doing. (Dishes after a dinner party of 10? No thank you.) The Luddite in me is definitely learned from my parents, but there is a type of snobbery involved with that kind of thinking. I do think it is important to remain aware of how we are changing. Are we really getting stupider? Maybe. I definitely can't read for as long as I used to. Are we interacting less? Or is it how we're interacting, with who we devote that time to and how often we're interacting that is the more damaging? I haven't lost my faith in humanity, yet. I'm hoping we're in the midst of striking that balance, a passive revolt against the tidal wave of information and a re-investment in the tactility of our tribal nature. Wow – thanks for the great article (& the links – everyone should read that Atlantic Monthly article). There isn’t a perfectly parceled point in my feedback – I like where your article has brought my brain this morning. Here’s where it’s brought me…

I’m of two minds: I resist tools that make us more efficient (cell phone, car, dishwasher), until I realize that this type of stubborn refusal ends up getting in the way of something I COULD be doing rather than taking pleasure in the slow processes involved in what I am doing. (Dishes after a dinner party of 10? No thank you.) The Luddite in me is definitely learned from my parents, but there is a type of snobbery involved with that kind of thinking. I do think it is important to remain aware of how we are changing. Are we really getting stupider? Maybe. I definitely can’t read for as long as I used to. Are we interacting less? Or is it how we’re interacting, with who we devote that time to and how often we’re interacting that is the more damaging? I haven’t lost my faith in humanity, yet. I’m hoping we’re in the midst of striking that balance, a passive revolt against the tidal wave of information and a re-investment in the tactility of our tribal nature.

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