I got rid of my TV a long time ago. No TV, no cable bill. I also got rid of all my clocks, and watch. The idea of living completely tied into the grid and relinquishing control to the system around us is not what Life has is mind for the greatest of it’s creations.

Confession…Fortunate that my commute is along a serene stretch of CA coastline, PCH (Pacific Coast Hwy). I turn everything off (including music) and open all windows and breathe in the salty air, which still tastes good despite the fumes from the car in front of me. But sadly today, after an unyielding day of work with many more hours of work ahead of me while my kids sleep and I don’t, it occurred to me that this hour could be better spent if there was an application allowing me to access my online work mentally while driving. Then, much to my relief, it occurred to me that an even better use of this commute time would be just sitting on the beach completely un-wired and taking in the salty air without the CO2 emissions from aforementioned vehicle. I agree that a new responsibility for the technos among us, and honestly everyone, is to turn it all off and be present. In reference to irresponsible child-rearing, I call it distracted parenting. But maybe it really is distracted living. To that end, I think I will take the kids to the beach tomorrow.

One thing that struck me while reading is this battle between science and religion. I feel as though we have created scientific advancement for the domination over another culture. And the only reason we want to dominate another culture is to spread various religious dogma. And, ironically, most science refutes that which religion teaches us, i.e. evolution v. creationism. Again, I am thinking out loud, but I am wondering what other readers think of this… the idea that we are using science to proliferate our religious ideals, all the while condemning scientific advancement because it is against our belief system..??? Just a thought…

Another thing, since I studied evolution for my degree, is the idea of homo technologicus. Evolution specifically works on genes. And, even though we may be creating this half human/half machine beings, we still will not be able to get our genes to create hardware. Therefore, I propose we are seeing three versions of homo sapiens… current homo sapiens, homo technologicus, and a next level of evolved homo sapiens. It would be ignorant of us, given what we know about evolution and the knowledge that there is overlap, to not believe that there is genetic variant of homo sapiens. The question becomes.. what has reproduction and mating determined to be the next level of genetic mutation to cause the next evolution. If you look at current mating practices, it’s ridiculous. Many people choose mates not on the ability to survive in the wild, as we historically have chosen mates. We now choose mates on their ability to survive the bi-annual Nordstrom’s sale. I guess all I am saying is if we look to the future, to reiterate what you have written is, what kind of humans do we want to survive and succeed? What is our responsibility to the future?

Again, thinking out loud… sorry for the rambling on. But, I am curious as to what other readers think of all of this….