{"id":22462,"date":"2013-10-29T01:53:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T01:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/10\/29\/we-cant-jump-off-bridges-anymore-because-our\/"},"modified":"2013-10-29T01:53:43","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T01:53:43","slug":"we-cant-jump-off-bridges-anymore-because-our","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/10\/29\/we-cant-jump-off-bridges-anymore-because-our\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

We can\u2019t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can\u2019t take skinny dips in the ocean, because there\u2019s no service on the beach and adventures aren\u2019t real unless they\u2019re on Instagram. Technology has doomed the spontaneity of adventure and we\u2019re helping destroy it every time we Google, check-in, and hashtag.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jeremy Glass, We Can\u2019t Get Lost Anymore<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

i\u2019m so sick of seeing people trash this generation for no other reason than that things aren\u2019t the way they used to be. there\u2019s this constant vitriolic stream of people snarling that selfies, check-ins and blogs are the death of culture, and i am bored of it.<\/p>\n

the human desire to record and document experience is hardly new. without that urge we wouldn\u2019t have art, music, dance, theatre. the world of electronics evolving around that to give us an even broader scope of options to preserve our unique view of the world and share it with others is a beautiful thing. despite a legion of cynical naysayers constantly shouting otherwise, i\u2019ve not actually become immune to earth\u2019s beauty or my own experiences in it. stop being terrified of change and development and calling it profound.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(via thekatediary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Last line bolded for emphasis<\/p>\n

(via fedoraharp<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Additionally, I\u2019m not losing my sense of adventure every time I Google something, I\u2019m feeding my thrist for knowledge. I have easy access to the most information<\/strong> that humanity has ever amassed<\/strong>, and you want me to not use that? Because let\u2019s be real, my ancestors who had a \u201csense of adventure\u201d were actually far more restricted in their travel. I can travel more widely and more cheaply than any point in human history, and you\u2019re trying to imply that my \u201csense of adventure\u201d has died because of the very technology that has made that possible?<\/p>\n

Actually, how about this: my \u201csense of adventure\u201d is tempered by the responsibilities and anxieties I carry far more than Google or check-ins or hashtags. My \u201csense of adventure\u201d is tempered by the money I have (or rather don\u2019t have) in my bank account. My \u201csense of adventure\u201d is tempered by what society has taught me about traveling alone at night. My \u201csense of adventure\u201d is tempered by the fact that a girl from my high school went on an adventure and ended up murdered, and whose family is still seeking justice because of the negligence of the local police department. My \u201csense of adventure\u201d is the same as my ancestors\u2019 \u201csense of adventure,\u201d and it not this nostalgic retelling of history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And how many of these naysayers have actually taken a trip like Steinbeck or William Least Heat-Moon? How many of them have jumped off a bridge? How many of them feel free to benefit from iPhones and Google and cell service and Instagram, but then criticize younger generations for taking full advantage of the world around them?<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t jump off bridges anymore because it\u2019s against laws passed by older generations. We can\u2019t take skinny dips in the ocean because it\u2019s against laws passed by older generations, and adventures aren\u2019t a reality for us because they often cost more money than we have. Technology has made travel more cheap and widespread than ever, and we helped destroy it when we weighed an entire generation down with the responsibilities of another.<\/p>\n

(via theladyem<\/a>)<\/p>\n

[repeated for emphasis]<\/p>\n

“We can\u2019t jump off bridges anymore because it\u2019s against laws passed by older generations. We can\u2019t take skinny dips in the ocean because it\u2019s against laws passed by older generations, and adventures aren\u2019t a reality for us because they often cost more money than we have.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We can\u2019t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can\u2019t take skinny dips in the ocean, because there\u2019s no service on the beach and adventures aren\u2019t real unless they\u2019re on Instagram. Technology has doomed the spontaneity of adventure and we\u2019re helping destroy it every time we Google, check-in, and hashtag. Jeremy … Continue reading <\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22462"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}