I find the work I do every day to be alienating me from the tangible physical aspects of accomplishment, as well as the natural world around me. Unlike many oth

I find the work I do every day to be alienating me from the tangible physical aspects of accomplishment, as well as the natural world around me. Unlike many others in tech though, I grew up on a farm and have absolutely no desire to get into farming. Instead, I got into wildlife photography as a hobby that takes me on walks/hikes without set end goals to see what I can see and try to capture it. I also got into motorsports/racing cars, and spent a considerable amount of time working on cars as a hobby, both my race cars and the cars of anyone who needed a hand. I no longer race cars, but I still wrench when needed and still do photography. There are many ways to find hobbies which provide tangible meaningful value to yourself and society, reconnect you to the physical world, and even help your community that don't involve homesteading off-grid. I strongly encourage everyone I know in tech, coworkers included, to find some type of hobby that does that for them. I agree with the article author though that the idyllic fantasy of farming is bunk, and most people would be better for both themselves and their community to find something else physical to do with their time.