Love the watch, radio, Eames RAR and bike

I hope that day never comes! It’s not that I’m anti-technology, but it is a major concern that we, as a culture, rush forward with almost any new technology that we can, thinking primarily of commercial success, convenience and innovation for it’s own sake, and very little for our long-term physical and mental well-being. Stress and depression, along with their associated, more physical maladies, such as heart disease, are at an all time high in modern Western culture, and these are being more and more clearly linked to what is being dubbed “nature deficit disorder”.

Medical studies have shown that as little as five minutes worth of exposure per day significantly reduces stress, and one only has to look at a young child’s or baby’s face to see how much more mental activity is taking place when they are outside in a natural environment as opposed to being indoors; and yet we march blindly on.

Perhaps a happy balance, or the best of both worlds would be a lifestyle divided equally between time in nature, completely unadorned and free from modern technology, and the kind of reality you suggest? That idea certainly has its attractions!