“This is more of a quiet meditation over a plain cup of coffee. A wish that we should not forget that technology is there to be used by us. Not the other way around. That streamlining just because we can is not always good. That the technology we create and use affects us and in some cases even controls how we develop. Sometimes it is good to do as Tom Waits sings: Take the long way home. Don’t run straight ahead just because it is the fastest way.”
🔗 Long Way Home by Kristofer
Robert Breen Love this. reminded me of this passage from Abigail Thomas:
A lot of writing consists of waiting around for the aquarium to settle so you can see the fish. Walking around muttering seems to hasten the process. Taking public transportation nowhere helps. Looking out the bus window lets the back of your mind move forward. Don’t listen to anything but natural sound. Don’t look at anything you have to turn on. This is about the pleasure of silence. This is not meditating; this is reacquainting yourself with yourself. Something interesting might enter your head if you let it alone. We are bombarded by media. We are overstimulated these days. We talk too much.
annie Oops, original link got cut off: https://piewpiew.se/blog/2025/01/13/long-way-home/
Long Way Home