I love the story and isn't it weird that I would never would have read it without my phone. That's the irony, isn't it? We are all connected right here because of technology. I'm communicating with people I've never met but feel close to in a weird kind of way. Your essay was moving. I loved reading it. Thank you for spending the time to write it, and then rewrite it, and then rewrite it until it shined.
Excellent reveal of a sad and serious condition. And one I could understand. My husband died a little over four years ago. He was my favorite being on the planet. We loved our cats, but they couldn’t take his place. My church family is what has saved my sanity. It’s a group of people I see in person at least four times a week. We pray for each other and text back-and-forth taking each other’s temperature. It’s a mix of all ages. Some of my closest relationships are with people the ages of my grandchildren. I am so blessed and so thankful.
Amen, Priscilla! After retiring I found a church that actually teaches the Bible, joined a study group and life is not the same! After almost 70 years, I have a peace and joy that truly is beyond all understanding. I am blessed beyond measure by people of every age and color. I pray others may find the same.
Salient and on point. Technology in all it's greatness has also had net negatives in many areas of Life and you have hit the nail on the head, as it were. Thank you for sharing this valuable insight so that others may hopefully share in this understanding!
I actually laughed out loud a few times! Good writing.
I’m interested to know how one even meets a billionaire let alone works for one. Not that I hold said billionaires in any type of esteem, high or otherwise. I’m assuming they are not good people because no one needs billions of dollars.
If you gave me one billion dollars I would be compelled to share it.
Truly brilliant essay WW! Brought a few genuine tears. Cats ARE divine creatures you know, (especially orange ones) and I’m sure Mr. Kitty knew exactly what he was doing. I just lost my orange kittie a few months back, he passed away after 17 years of his love, and I miss him every single day. The aloneness has been palpable.
Yeah I’m surprised Peter Thiel hasn’t renamed himself Sauron. It truly could be the uniting factor for the fake divide. We are all Frodo now. Very clever weaving it into this heartfelt story.
I hope your mom and the lady neighbor’s tea dates continue delightfully and your dad finds some joy somehow.
There’s another Substacker I follow who’s in upstate NY. Maybe your parents could have common purpose? House of Green - Alexandra Fasulo[edit]. She has a new farm and has stumbled onto exposing the scam / destruction agenda of the solar farm industry along the way. She’s on fire. She may also have cats.
I love the way you told this, and glad you could help your mother even though it would have been annoying to get there and find out not much was up.
I believe that Elon Musk's brain chip will end up essentially being a form of digital demonic possession because really a person gives up their right to control their own brain.
Even without the chip ............ i'd guess that a HUGE percentage of mankind has already totally lost the fundamental use of their brain . Critical thinking basically extinct , and the constant brainwashing (media , adverising, govt ) has destroyed or at least severely damaged what we used to call "human interactions " , and emotional sincerity.
The Palantirs of middle earth weren't created for evil but by the elves for communication over vast distances. Sauron employed the remaining ones of the third age for evil. Of course there are very real parallels with AI tech. I hear modern patriotic christians espousing the great advantages of AI (because Trump is involved) saying it ain't essentially evil; but they're utterly naive to think that it won't be used for evil purposes for we live in Satan's world (Luke 4:5-8) and the long prophesied Beast System is forming all-around.
Love this story! And the messages therein are true and needed. Thank you!!
I love the story and isn't it weird that I would never would have read it without my phone. That's the irony, isn't it? We are all connected right here because of technology. I'm communicating with people I've never met but feel close to in a weird kind of way. Your essay was moving. I loved reading it. Thank you for spending the time to write it, and then rewrite it, and then rewrite it until it shined.
Excellent reveal of a sad and serious condition. And one I could understand. My husband died a little over four years ago. He was my favorite being on the planet. We loved our cats, but they couldn’t take his place. My church family is what has saved my sanity. It’s a group of people I see in person at least four times a week. We pray for each other and text back-and-forth taking each other’s temperature. It’s a mix of all ages. Some of my closest relationships are with people the ages of my grandchildren. I am so blessed and so thankful.
Amen, Priscilla! After retiring I found a church that actually teaches the Bible, joined a study group and life is not the same! After almost 70 years, I have a peace and joy that truly is beyond all understanding. I am blessed beyond measure by people of every age and color. I pray others may find the same.
I’m very happy for you KJ. There’s nothing else like it.
Right there with you my sister. 😸
Gotta say, I really enjoyed reading this. True to life and thought provoking! Humans were never designed to live like this.
Salient and on point. Technology in all it's greatness has also had net negatives in many areas of Life and you have hit the nail on the head, as it were. Thank you for sharing this valuable insight so that others may hopefully share in this understanding!
I actually laughed out loud a few times! Good writing.
I’m interested to know how one even meets a billionaire let alone works for one. Not that I hold said billionaires in any type of esteem, high or otherwise. I’m assuming they are not good people because no one needs billions of dollars.
If you gave me one billion dollars I would be compelled to share it.
Oracle, Apple, Google, Amazon, X; what's in a name, eh?
This kind of writing redeems the time.
I'm going for a walk around the neighborhood!
Truly brilliant essay WW! Brought a few genuine tears. Cats ARE divine creatures you know, (especially orange ones) and I’m sure Mr. Kitty knew exactly what he was doing. I just lost my orange kittie a few months back, he passed away after 17 years of his love, and I miss him every single day. The aloneness has been palpable.
Yeah I’m surprised Peter Thiel hasn’t renamed himself Sauron. It truly could be the uniting factor for the fake divide. We are all Frodo now. Very clever weaving it into this heartfelt story.
I hope your mom and the lady neighbor’s tea dates continue delightfully and your dad finds some joy somehow.
There’s another Substacker I follow who’s in upstate NY. Maybe your parents could have common purpose? House of Green - Alexandra Fasulo[edit]. She has a new farm and has stumbled onto exposing the scam / destruction agenda of the solar farm industry along the way. She’s on fire. She may also have cats.
Edit: Here's a link to her latest on her solar investigation: https://houseofgreen.substack.com/p/follow-the-money-solar-farms-cannot
She is great. ...and she does have a cat. 😊
Proof of cat! 🐱
https://substack.com/@alexandrafasulo/note/c-221119398?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=r7y2
Love her.
This made me laugh 😃 so hard!!! 🤣 My favorite of all your articles so far!
This ended how I hoped it would. Thank you
Great writing.
I love the way you told this, and glad you could help your mother even though it would have been annoying to get there and find out not much was up.
I believe that Elon Musk's brain chip will end up essentially being a form of digital demonic possession because really a person gives up their right to control their own brain.
Even without the chip ............ i'd guess that a HUGE percentage of mankind has already totally lost the fundamental use of their brain . Critical thinking basically extinct , and the constant brainwashing (media , adverising, govt ) has destroyed or at least severely damaged what we used to call "human interactions " , and emotional sincerity.
The Palantirs of middle earth weren't created for evil but by the elves for communication over vast distances. Sauron employed the remaining ones of the third age for evil. Of course there are very real parallels with AI tech. I hear modern patriotic christians espousing the great advantages of AI (because Trump is involved) saying it ain't essentially evil; but they're utterly naive to think that it won't be used for evil purposes for we live in Satan's world (Luke 4:5-8) and the long prophesied Beast System is forming all-around.
Great read, I think I’ll shut my phone off and go talk to my neighbor.
Super!!! Excellent analysis. Information without human connection does not improve our lives. Not in the ways that truly matter.
So true. Thanks for sharing a laugh (my husband and I live in the country and dote on our cat!) and a lamentable reality check.