Thoughts on “The Imperfect Traces”
I really liked this essay. It was more than an essay; it was social commentary and also poetic. I think that the author is totally correct in her preference for all things “old school.” The digital world is really unresponsive; sure, we can communicate more frequently with people that are hard to reach, but e-mail is pretty impersonal in comparison to a real conversation. Some people spend more time with their electronics than they do with others, which I think is an alarming trend. Who really cares how much more “HD” Comcast has than Direct TV? People who can’t imagine being places off the couch for themselves.
