WHY GOODWILL SUFFERS PASSING THRU THIN PIPES OF INTERNET COMMUNICATION
(slightly shorter version published originally in Yoga Living Magazine, November-Decemter, 2008)
The Good Stuff--All On a Mobile Phone?
An ad jumps out across your screen, mostly covering the information you want to read. They're getting so annoying, you think, these aggressive, space-grabbing web ads. Still your eyes follow a mixed up group of pictures, all moving towards the ad's centerpoint. Some wink out. Others pop in, replacing them. They all grow smaller and begin to form a rectangular shape. God, you think, what IS this?
You see a sailboat, a wineglass, hands clasping, many shots of a young daughter in white dancing or smiling. Finally, this wistful collage morphs into a modern, Internet-enabled cell phone. You hear the punch line. “Connect to all the things you love in life."
But how wise is this guidance? Is relying more and more on this little device the key to all that’s good and wholesome?
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