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Re:What it feels like to be the last gen to remember life be... by majewsky on Sunday August 28, 2016 @04:06PM (#12378259)
I think you got the original article wrong. The author didn't argue against the connected life. He observed that the people who know life without the internet are starting to go extinct, and argues that we should preserve the unconnected experience by going offline for a few days every so often.
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Re:What it feels like to be the last gen to remember life be... by throwanem on Monday August 29, 2016 @07:56AM (#12381274)
As well to say we should "preserve the pre-electrification experience" by tripping the house main breaker for a few days every so often. Or that we should preserve the "pre-air-conditioning experience" by turning that off for a while. (I actually read such an article not long ago, in case that sounds too absurd to be borne. Cite on request.)

The past is a foreign country. It is also dead. To study it has value. To pretend oneself a tourist there has not.

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