I don't think modern life is "complete garbage", but I can see the author's point. I hope he or she can find their way, and be happy, whatever that means for th

I don't think modern life is "complete garbage", but I can see the author's point. I hope he or she can find their way, and be happy, whatever that means for them. For myself, one area which I have often thought about is our extreme "connectivity" - for lack of a better term. Between my phone and broadband at home, and broadband here at work (kinda necessary for my job), etc - the internet and everything is always so much...there. It used to be you had to make a decision to use it. Fire up the modem. Wait the time (especially when all I had was a 2400 baud modem, telnet access to a dialup account, gopher, pine, etc) - get some stuff done then log off. Today it is so easy to get distracted. My wife and I often talk about moving from where we currently live (what used to be "suburbs", but now is surrounded and is old pre-owned housing, mainly blue-collar neighborhood) - and moving elsewhere, out to one or another far-flung location where the stars are visible, land is cheap, etc. My wife always jokes "But what will you do if you don't have high-speed internet?" ...and a part of me thinks - a part of me that seems to grow every day - a part of me thinks that would be so great. Just basic internet, or maybe what I'd get on my phone. Or maybe I'd have to drive into town and stop at the library or starbucks or something, dither around, check my email, download a movie or two - then go home. I'd have so much more free time instead of distraction. Right now, the only way I can gain this is to be very disciplined, which I mostly fail at. Losing the ability to have broadband access - it sounds nice. I also don't think I'd lose much if it happened, either. But what I'd gain might be the best thing...