May 20, 2010 10:00
I'm reading "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyer (the book, not on an iPad nor a computer), and a quote in the introduction (about Star Wars, actually) rang a bell. It was about Luke Skywalker being the hero. The quote is:
"It's what Goethe said in Faust but which Lucas has dressed in modern idiom - the message that technology is not going to save us. Our computers, our tools, our machines are not enough. We have to rely on our intuition, our true being."
My intuition says books will always have a place on a boat, as batteries die and computers fry. When I go offshore I'll have a sextant, as the stars won't go away but GPS might. Paper charts? Always. Computers? Not every time.
Besides, I'd rather be watching the waves, feeling the wind, and avoiding those boaters more intent on their keyboards than on where they were going and what they were about to hit.
"It's what Goethe said in Faust but which Lucas has dressed in modern idiom - the message that technology is not going to save us. Our computers, our tools, our machines are not enough. We have to rely on our intuition, our true being."
My intuition says books will always have a place on a boat, as batteries die and computers fry. When I go offshore I'll have a sextant, as the stars won't go away but GPS might. Paper charts? Always. Computers? Not every time.
Besides, I'd rather be watching the waves, feeling the wind, and avoiding those boaters more intent on their keyboards than on where they were going and what they were about to hit.