Compared with other people who lost their lives or their homes, I cannot say that I was the victim of Hurricane Sandy.
Bayside,Queens,where I live wasn’t bad compared with many other areas but did not have power or Internet access for a for few days. We had so many candles that we prepared for the hurricane,and we could light the house –but it was difficult to read a book or do many things. After Sandy hit us, I was totally isolated from news coverage,and the media. and I was unable to proceed with school, work, and appointments, as planned. I found that I liked the concept of life without Internet and technologies, until Wednesday morning when I started to anxious and afraid because I felt I was losing touch with reality and the world outside seemed so apocalyptic. I also realized how much our lives are engaged with technology and that made me think of something Albert Einstein said:
“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will be full of idiots.”
Photo by Dachan Chris Hwang
3 responses so far ↓
eb078466 // Dec 17th 2012 at 7:20 pm
I really love the quote you posted; I think it kind of does justice to how people are with technology these days, myself included. I hope your ride out of the hurricane wasn’t too rough though.
zk122596 // Dec 18th 2012 at 3:35 am
I dont believe that the technology will ever surpass the humanity
sh104103 // Dec 18th 2012 at 11:24 am
seriously? You don’t aware of it?
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