This is awesome. We take connectivity for such granted. I was on a flight last week and the connection I had was better than the connection I had at home 5 years ago. Imagine having NO access to the internet in this day and age? Who knows, while those balloons are up there, maybe they'll find Major Khaaan?
Actually, I can imagine it. I have gone for the past few months without Internet connection in my apartment (and over a year now without a phone!). I find that the space of disconnection is a good place for me to collect my mind and feel more fully inside myself. I personally found/find it to be necessary, at least at the moment. But the goal would be that this space allows me to more fully engage with/on the Internet in a proactive and creative way. But ya, Loon! Let's get the global brain up and running... !Imagine having NO access to the internet in this day and age?
Yeah, I have friends that disconnect as well and have no phones etc. But they are making a choice, that's quite different than not having a choice at all. Also, given the nature of the work I do, not having Internet connectivity wouldn't be tenable.
Oh for sure. Internet for all! It should eventually be a basic human right (which is actually another reason why I am trying not to pay for Internet/cell phone etc., our communication space should be based on free universal access). And I realize what I am experimenting with is not realistic nor desirable to everyone... just something I am exploring.