I would like to see the discussion goes beyond LOHAS life style. What if we do not have enough power to drive cars and run web servers? Peak Oil ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil ) seems to be another social reality after Climate Change. How do we allocate our limited resources to sustain our information environment (Internet)? Is always-on a luxury or a must feature? Between using Wi-Fi in cosmopolitan Starbucks and getting Internet access for "Earthship Biotecture" http://www.earthship.co.uk/ ), are we prepared to run Internet and personal computers in post-petro era? What's the best option? Dominic Pinto wrote:
Denise N. Rall wrote:
Thanks David, for making sense of something that seemed senseless to me at first.
LOGGING OFF
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Hmmmm ...... is this a variation on tuning in, turning on .................... ?
And just seen in a column in a Virginia newspaper. Some people clearly need a form of 'logged off' time to do important matters in peace.
End of nap time signals start of new stage
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My 3 ^1 _2 -year-old son no longer takes an afternoon nap. And it's been a huge adjustment -- for me.
Nap time used to be the sacred quiet time when I could clean the bathrooms, do my writing and answer some e-mails in peace. I could pick up a book and escape for a few chapters. I could bake cookies or fix a casserole for a friend who had a baby.
I needed nap time as much as my son did.
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