Technology

Henry Bugbee often discusses the use of technology in today's society. In this excerpt regarding his beliefs, he discusses that there is a preoccupation with technology and an obliviousness to the wilderness. I find this extremely true. Generations during this time era are extremely focused on production, industry, and expenses. Now that iPads, tablets, cell phones, and computers have grown dramatically in the past decade many children have focused in on them and are losing the ability to understand the elements of what this Earth really is. You see many schools now providing laptops in classes, iPads for activities, and requiring children to learn how to use a computer because now without computer skills a person will have almost no communication skills in the work field. We rely on technology for so many things nowadays, that we can't even try to understand parts of the wilderness. We pass by state parks, bike trails, lakes, and wildlife on a daily basis but most aspects go unnoticed because we don't care about paying attention any long. We're too focused with our lives to want to see what's really going on so we bury our noses in our iPads and cell phones instead of soaking in the environment surrounding us.