Read this last month...been awhile since I've been moved by prose...
Technologies of the soul tend to be simple, bodily, slow, and related to the heart as much as the mind. Everything around us tells us we should be mechanically sophisticated, electronic, quick, and informational in our expressiveness--an exact antipode* to the virtues of the soul. It is no wonder, then, that in an age of telecommunications--which, by the way, literally means 'distant connections'--we suffer symptoms of the loss of the soul. We are being urged from every side to become efficient rather than intimate.**
...I think I need to go the laundromat more often.
*antipode=opposite
**from Soul Mates by Thomas Moore
