What If The Internet Went Down?

For most people, before the mid-nineteen eighties, the internet was permanently down. 

OMG! I honestly don’t know how we all managed! 

If it happened today, I imagine it would cause major disruption. But even though we’re all dependent, or feel dependent, upon it, we would of course, get by. As we would without any of our electronic technology. 

I’m in the daily habit of  intentionally “depriving”  myself of it’s ubiquity. I go for a walk in the woods, with my phone, left at home. Alone. 

And I love the Homesong gigs, precisely because they can be played unplugged, with an acoustic instrument, a voice, and just a few people for company. We could (and occasionally do) video them and send them out into the Cybersphere. 

But there is something special about leaving  the Share To The World button, unpressed. About experiencing a moment on our own, or with a few other people, which nobody else will ever experience. 

Technology, as they say, is great, as long as it remains our servant, and not our master.