#thoreauvian — Public Fediverse posts
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In my book I quoted a 1990 Boston Globe piece declaring VR no match for a walk in the woods; this week I was reminded Mark Weiser's famous 1991 essay also says computing should be "as refreshing as taking a walk in the woods." Goes back to Thoreau I suppose (and Heidegger), but wondering now about the history of this rather-be-in-the-woods school of technology