RANT: Dangerous Questions Part I: What About Connectivity?
September 21st, 2009Dangerous Questions, Rant, Recommendations 2 Comments
RANT: Have you ever noticed that there is always someone in the crowd who asks the questions no one else dares to even think of? That’s me. I always seem to open mouth and let fly, even if I’m scared to death.
Because to me, getting the answers to the questions is way more important than tolerating ignornace one more second, even if the reply hits my reality and shatters it. Good–if it shatters, it just means I’m that much closer to authenticity. I have seen no answer to this:
What happens to our great connectivity, to which we have become so drastically accustomed–using and interacting with every day–vis a vis, the internet–if something were to happen and electricity disappeared? Ooooh, what a thought!
Yes, a radical question. But after experiencing a couple of days last year when there were either thunder storms that took power lines out or a car wreck that plowed through a local power pole and left the entire neighborhood without power for hours, I began to ask myself what it would be like to go back to our pre-connected days. Ugh!
The first day that happened, I just went down to the beach and took a well-deserved break. But then it kept going and going and going. I had work to do! I did what I could–there’s always stuff to do, right? But found myself continually turning to my computer–which, without juice, won’t work!
I had to ask myself what I would do if we had no internet anymore, or even worse, no electricity. What would I do in my community? How would I function as an individual, how would I add value?
Ask yourself and be prepared. Electricity and the internet may not even go down–you may choose to go visit some out-back somewhere where there literally is no juice, no internet. What can you contribute?
I hope that when you think about this it will empower you to recognize that you are a valuable, integral part of our world. That your unique skills, talents and knowledge are ultimately very precious in the scheme of things. And I also hope that you will spend just a few more minutes each day off the internet and in your imediate community, so you can become known for the wonderful person you are, make more friends and add more value.
We’ve become connected in a big way, with friends, family and business associates and clients literally across the entire globe. Woe unto us if that connectivity disappears. The question is: how do we bypass what we have now and create something better?
DANGEROUS QUESTIONS: Part II
Coming soon…ONE WORLD, ONE WORD PRESS
Comments are open–what would you do if the grid went down?
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