Tech-vexed: how digital life threatens our capacity for awe | Aeon Essays - https://aeon.co/essays/tech-vexed-how-digital-life-threatens-our-capacity-for-awe
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In this tech-vexed age, our life on screens prevents us from experiencing the mysteries and transformative wonder of life
What if I told you – like the eerily moving Control Voice in the 1960s TV show The Outer Limits – that ‘you are about to participate in a Great Adventure’, that ‘you are about to experience the awe and mystery’ of the Universe on this journey. And what if I told you that you will witness many strange and marvellous beings, creatures and sensations along your path; that you will experience new colours, shapes and textures – make contact with fields and trees, and with people from a wealth of backgrounds; invigorating games, vehicles, animals, the touch of mud and flesh, sweet and savoury…
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